Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94b8fdeea05a8876…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1869-01-01 Authoring application: 1653
MD5: 8f301ec43f8ca6b6ceedb3a496a98a83 SHA-1: 92842424edb6e60a41fffb8b938095f969b28ac6 SHA-256: 94b8fdeea05a887689b708489bb61a22158fe1815c71bbc674a2b3dd2bb51ae1
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving an exploit. The extracted JavaScript file shows signs of obfuscation, typical for attempts to hide malicious code that likely aims to download and execute 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
f5f7904bc0524079badcd5862f334a0fc0ab5aba05db47d509906c5edf6d5861
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4760 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).