Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 806a934ddd68de11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3762-01-01 Authoring application: 1081
MD5: b6c1423283de8bdf4f092b1aeb4a7cc2 SHA-1: aa5cbb3a2d3075196207eeb58943c4239519b0fb SHA-256: 806a934ddd68de1178d4f1dd3eccbc7c729f969449a29ef0f436e53ed5927d87
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve exploiting a PDF vulnerability to execute code.

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
f02c2fc3dd8e0c5632e1b1fe49cec534842c4d459e2a1b0f270ae320e42bae2d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).