Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9193c1ea750a801d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3159-01-01 Authoring application: 3778
MD5: 78011a6c7de019a721bac094a90394f4 SHA-1: 944181e9092a131a91387bfa838e7aace4ba0b39 SHA-256: 9193c1ea750a801d7e003ba9c877d3f3bb28be716b2697a51909adcb8c4b3de9
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 this JavaScript is malicious. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' and the heuristic 'Suspicious extracted artifact' with signals like 'Hex escape obfuscation' and 'Script obfuscation indicators' further support that the embedded script is designed to perform malicious actions, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
9e66281e890517f271f023211479ca587e9c9f1b3cb2e28979aaba982176fcfd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).