Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c0ccb21197e1106…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9518-01-01 Authoring application: 9028
MD5: 541b843758aadee3025f574bc2f8daa8 SHA-1: 7abc7bd3543f063af5c72adf167c988e256dc680 SHA-256: 8c0ccb21197e110631d2851e86d077febf1b9c9e8e9157a7f63717adcd7b1f8a
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

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. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit, though its specific actions are obfuscated. The file size and metadata do not provide further clues.

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
686c8fa0423ab8d79e1e77e04541e918f21217ae633a4add78be942bb537a116
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4831 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).