Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96d8e08799577bf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 8679e49268eca7d2f483bf2ea01baed3 SHA-1: 6b0ccb4c4241fb7e62bd1fcde960fc34fbfb0d74 SHA-256: 96d8e08799577bf71782d4cebef4dadcf6c17f2c6a160ba40195607c6e3882be
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066, indicating a known exploit. Static analysis detected embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or exploiting vulnerabilities within PDF documents. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams strongly suggests an attempt to execute code.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes