Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97c561de029ec640…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.7 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: 3be87c44efe48ce6409c39223116d667 SHA-1: 0fa3e79a4ff55892c2d2cb99e8802e613eea5e6c SHA-256: 97c561de029ec64090aef1725fbfacc0b824abbdd064ce92b980ede3e3cffa58
166 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_LAUNCH. The critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541' strongly suggests a known exploit. The presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode functions within the JavaScript stream points to obfuscation and dynamic code execution, typical of malware downloaders. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0027_000.js
bbeaf949f398cccb1d0543a12ba0e5e3c65ed0d274c73ce65ad764fde2365155
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 6533 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).