Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d05ef6e6c5c1d0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7089-01-01 Authoring application: 6923
MD5: 09302d97558e34bd051e33ab20b0bb77 SHA-1: 9d22d3423b1fe4bb6d221e014548ac78d4f98bd7 SHA-256: 8d05ef6e6c5c1d0a5d40042c00cd72f5b1e743172f48d1730aff1d8564fa6714
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file shows obfuscation indicators, typical of malware attempting to hide its execution flow, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The confidence is high due to the combination of exploit indicators and a specific ClamAV signature.

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
ca8e0e0c5e831e89b5eb0b7374e94e37c474e51c554fc71a200a1d6961b072df
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4767 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).