Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83cbaece78ab0491…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3035-01-01 Authoring application: 927
MD5: 00a91f020c353e37890d4cc4cb38c034 SHA-1: a50149be5229847b1cd4c78cdd9a7c5da3c56322 SHA-256: 83cbaece78ab0491998169fb6cd72ae0285ce8b3ec91122a6d1509496e9f2c3c
96 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. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014', suggesting it exploits known PDF vulnerabilities. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
a9270db733e3b2e469634c27fd2e1b87a48791dc1d234b3ca7d407bc01304dda
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4780 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).