Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98019d60cebbbe17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.7 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 038410e3f506e47702235002f39cef12 SHA-1: 905aa314e3eff5da6c3b20ca0489fc4bec8da350 SHA-256: 98019d60cebbbe17c8928714392e7f2affbb2c2537dfb85700bfe4e92e007033
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscation and likely malicious intent. ClamAV signatures confirm this, identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587. The embedded JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from one of the provided URLs. The obfuscation makes it difficult to determine the exact payload, but the presence of exploit-related heuristics and the ClamAV detection strongly suggest a malicious exploit delivery.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://phpnet.us/byet300x250.php
    • http://ad.foxnetworks.com/st?ad_type=pop&ad_size=0x0&section=204717&banned_pop_types=28&pop_times=5&pop_frequency=86400

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
921e6b4a4aa785e414f19f5c503d9a8f2afc35ed7e9f5add5bf641dafd0ec1fa		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3DC 5566 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35587
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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