Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88aff5d8a3e6c6cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 9c7bd2bf660fc745e1c43b72df37daa1 SHA-1: d780ce51d45fbb48735c27caf13c43271689e68a SHA-256: 88aff5d8a3e6c6cd0d7b3c1d12e195606f96ffd29aae5b67e5b3c436204b6d46
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates this PDF is recognized as malware (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066). Low-severity heuristics confirm the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams within the PDF structure. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, although its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence. The authoring application 'Laxiwoveja' and the metadata suggest a potentially obfuscated or custom-generated document.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes