Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f1b0b7599b77b40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5730-01-01 Authoring application: 7492
MD5: 120eedb2103f009539873801ec4d5769 SHA-1: 9ecfa82abbd3c966c66c1b12109f3a623573cc29 SHA-256: 7f1b0b7599b77b40cace5f0a0bbf6a84a4718c6c0b0f897d9510861e765bde65
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. ClamAV also detected it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. The embedded JavaScript, found in 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, suggesting it's designed to perform malicious actions such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The extracted document body content is heavily corrupted and unreadable, providing no further context.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
202187218065540477febeead3cac226b6489da40ed8e15f8bcebe45485f2954
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4762 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 10 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long hex-escaped blob(s).