Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95da07e0130877d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.8 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: cdabaeb849e06dc07b72c28bd4d0a675 SHA-1: 4a71bd327ccea30792669fa410fcb4c3b977eaf5 SHA-256: 95da07e0130877d7afc8d9597d38238732491ecc39386ab8948011f364ea599a
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with a high-confidence `eval()` call, indicating obfuscated code execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery. The document body itself does not provide user-facing content, but the heuristics and ClamAV detection point to exploit-based execution.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0013_000.js
46f4333ac386925b8105c6adf7a83e0c70f5a0979c6db979cea1288aa4d72208
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13600 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).