Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92ce9f5e8889b33d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.3 KB Created: 2009-05-06 12:19:15 Authoring application: ShMjHRPUiRQWcPNacuU (via qDDYZZcXAiDIscgt)
MD5: 475783198512313f722925826dc9f763 SHA-1: d4b7aa22fd49f1ed3ef1911dd24b180bfa6571f8 SHA-256: 92ce9f5e8889b33d3469cbefc0c5f9f2bafbd38776f870881bf544d214a074d9
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572' strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code, leading to the malicious verdict. No specific family could be identified.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
dd04239557fb9699355e86836b69ed27ab38b835ef692575ba423e5b615037a8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x753 14005 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).