Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9813293763f6e95c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2977-01-01 Authoring application: 3050
MD5: 7c0c5d99149155ea72438ac091cc1500 SHA-1: f404385afb2132a742a1275251a8204679f1dee7 SHA-256: 9813293763f6e95cc148647bc9d1f3343e0312e4df94732424943f866c112f37
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an embedded JS stream. ClamAV detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, obfuscated with hex escapes, likely serves to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily corrupted and unreadable, providing no further context.

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
f368b8758d5d026cbdf1274f162ccbfe42f97d4dae6ff45e39aa66a37eb4aea0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4816 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).