Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e512aef8461bd72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3813-01-01 Authoring application: 8630
MD5: 825e46809db55d7586de758a5621f0da SHA-1: 3a84317e6be641b1dfd9b179936b6b203c6145a1 SHA-256: 8e512aef8461bd72fb81a532a5c3e0283a9e9eb9de28e1ea0b66d6d652cfd4f7
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. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions. While the exact payload is not clear due to obfuscation, the presence of exploit-related heuristics and JavaScript points to a likely attack pattern involving the execution of malicious code.

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
13bfeba6d5ad2194e623a7033fb29c259eb23fe1a5b325eb6ede80e6613b2eac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5210 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).