Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 932169602fa9306b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.3 KB Created: 2008-03-03 17:06:20 +08:00
MD5: 729d65880e6ba624107cde215f3aae88 SHA-1: f7d4d0d5ca56031279e0ab0a5a155a522f56f383 SHA-256: 932169602fa9306b3197bd88d2f5ff820ea17b12b2ecb766de46ec97a764a0c9
134 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', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The 'ClamAV_DETECTION' heuristic identifies the file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-21700', suggesting a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0038_000.js', is highly suspicious and likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The presence of an XFA form and an embedded file further supports the exploit vector.

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-21700 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-21700
  • 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
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0038_000.js
d09b3f8531bbd0b9fb1a15b94dac709f7710e3e969ad94204049ce689fed2ee0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 38 at offset 0x151D 18155 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).