Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97277101ef018ce3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1283-01-01 Authoring application: 6874
MD5: a9a24a33909cfeee75f3b126fe0df54a SHA-1: d8ce07c8937c36ab5d3918fc76c55a80eb24fcd1 SHA-256: 97277101ef018ce346e9d3c405ad676cdbe1d9ee93afb837123cf7ce2fd15462
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is an exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, typical of malicious scripts designed to download and execute further payloads. The exact intent of the script cannot be fully determined due to obfuscation, but its presence within an exploit-carrying PDF points to a malicious execution chain.

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
ba69700de24925e3464ea3fbd2d6936420a85a24fbe660b2f3ccd97a6cb88aca
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4806 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).