Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90fc52f066358d57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

139.8 KB
MD5: 07b6dd1128c5b79becffe83202977710 SHA-1: 8758fa44966c1c88553a93a0f13654a8c88f72c7 SHA-256: 90fc52f066358d578d3dfa92e809bf91ae72d931a8b8ba8265d4fe755d76a29e
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with eval() calls, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955' and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file ('javascript_obj0006_000.js') strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF exploiting a vulnerability. The embedded file ('embedded_file_obj0016.bin') is likely the secondary payload. The script's purpose is to download and execute this payload.

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0016.bin
ae13437efad4e3a4f03cb0339d03b7d795966b217d30a540767c4ae26f402285
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x146D 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
15689f302e582c730e2957af9f693527bed5d4b0c0400330afa9ba85ee307ff3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x13C 12114 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 base64-like blob(s).