Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ff867690d8af4f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.9 KB
MD5: 2d4c746814c135d5091e21925d6270f1 SHA-1: 6fcdd5c08e45d94699e4272feb006115d9e1eb80 SHA-256: 7ff867690d8af4f80ecc05f177e3b147e45b35b4379093968ea8a993cfd59cb0
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection of 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36169' strongly suggests malicious intent. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, likely contains code to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access. The document body content appears to be obfuscated script fragments rather than user-facing text, further supporting a malicious function.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
222d5d2ec1accf8ae0c3d297337afca57f5158ea65e1c56d485fc8b21a01d6e9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2019 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
4e225c059cd17abe33884c93d6a7bd250aa680bbb866e1b3f1f0fd18974150d6
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE 2534 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).