Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b3e4d20954ee54c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 4e928194e77c1a594378d5088c775b68 SHA-1: 71681231690f555706d6298a5c867ad4f6a34afa SHA-256: 8b3e4d20954ee54cfc4a88abf0d225408e48097147261f8c8b8ff358a2a3fc34
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream heuristics confirm the presence of malicious code. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a vulnerability through the embedded script.

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