Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8063da7546533709…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.6 KB Created: 2009-05-04 19:19:41 Authoring application: psZGxYqLmzkEvBetBm (via hRrgNRoIXzYTf)
MD5: 74926dbae8abc15ee77f3557ddc482bf SHA-1: 4f75903305618f13dcf197ee0223c7e0ceb737ca SHA-256: 8063da7546533709c57daf0e41a749cc3ec7109f5b9e840e4589076e2ba70290
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572' strongly suggests it's a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript, though obfuscated, likely facilitates the execution of a secondary payload, a common technique for malware delivery. The file's structure and heuristics point towards an exploit attempting to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
fc7454e731c09ecf40d658a8c7355d072ecea3ee45f31eef021e3c3a19fd5e8d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x352 6110 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).