Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c983b1ce5696107…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9756-01-01 Authoring application: 8199
MD5: 7df41fceb3f5f0ac99cea0d0c23c0204 SHA-1: e362b7060343ce2378f089e8a534b12079216dfc SHA-256: 8c983b1ce56961075b520183e476072634115d21c5618562f37721a937d5003f
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014', suggesting it exploits known PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit, potentially leading to further malicious activity. No document body text was available for analysis, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV detection strongly indicate a malicious exploit attempt.

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
730c5b762a506033908705c107f4ec5918e7c029dff29cf62eb638770de462b1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4780 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).