Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91070c60925877c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.6 KB
MD5: 0d709da09d41d0522c75faa36b9e81c2 SHA-1: 54f206976c3bc969d944ffec2e82cafd6176ef4e SHA-256: 91070c60925877c8b8bf70c9889342504d053e58d81521b933e326acb239512c
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and RichMedia (Flash) content, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955', and a suspicious embedded file was also identified. The embedded JavaScript stream is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the heuristic firings and the nature of PDF exploits.

Heuristics 7

  • 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
  • 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
c2b666a3ef4c191b77b78c037656e50477b8ba3d35fd61ae843a3a1f4d41c5c1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x1875 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
101a2b705d4454f0ba012e133bfe99cb2260d138969bd6cbcb782a40f9df369f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x144 4436 bytes