Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9149f8f5b741bd6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7664-01-01 Authoring application: 8052
MD5: 71cc6fe24bd3e837953bedd9d85934bb SHA-1: 84c8a427092a7391cc375d88d0838050eec22bc7 SHA-256: 9149f8f5b741bd6b6d35e3371dddd0d826e3f0245830ade5bcfb81ddd976a157
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, obfuscated and extracted as javascript_obj0013_001.js, likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

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
f794db611bb61fe8478f65b1f5cc783d90b9a7f4a0503c1ad783216f84110637
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4802 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).