Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bd4cea79de0aba1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5716-01-01 Authoring application: 4737
MD5: 7b4151697a9623e0142a27cdfb11d671 SHA-1: 2e30b354a76b46c00f12840c98540f6e92f16683 SHA-256: 8bd4cea79de0aba1664210480351577e1184e221c8356a14c3ea333624229195
96 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. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving an exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, further supporting the exploit attempt. The exact nature of the exploit or payload cannot be determined due to the obfuscation and lack of further script details.

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
8db6473c9913213bdc4b94e93cf77c12d3d73d1e78674da2b0ba5688d54dd27f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5046 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).