Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8792154c69b2e3c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 07120560c40484726085c7030d4486d4 SHA-1: c71704f89b55b4a0dbc3df7b508274f36d09d124 SHA-256: 8792154c69b2e3c9d3fa30bf27f569e0048cd624a7177fc33a9da9e3fee40211
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 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for the malicious activity, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the lure.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
c60c533cda24f7ceccd8355e156c52a4a2b3a9139df22e38b2a40d381228651e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).