Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 867266bb538ca465…

MALICIOUS

PDF

155.7 KB
MD5: 6f68b0991202e1f5c796bd8a23e72216 SHA-1: d0aacdb3a3d336e47e7daac727b5581d143aba5b SHA-256: 867266bb538ca465c544f345c67256464ac7060be866ea9cde4032f085ea9682
286 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, both of which are flagged as suspicious. A secondary embedded PDF was also found with similar suspicious findings. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955' and the presence of 'eval()' calls strongly suggest this file is designed to exploit vulnerabilities and download further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript and Flash are likely components of this exploit chain.

Heuristics 9

  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • 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.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
zVGWPnPsl.swf
ae13437efad4e3a4f03cb0339d03b7d795966b217d30a540767c4ae26f402285
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x146D 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
15689f302e582c730e2957af9f693527bed5d4b0c0400330afa9ba85ee307ff3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x13C 12114 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 base64-like blob(s).
polyglot_child_pdf_off0001dc82.pdf
1a6680d1fc92463ff3785c6d92ec8a5a6b1798722e1986bd89fadc1455661f33
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x1DC82 37419 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely