Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9952601a12ca46af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7299-01-01 Authoring application: 6657
MD5: 6ab08ae5f339b0e3be225d58cd9c5662 SHA-1: c0c52408cf4b0221e3d43ee53329a5815221ddbe SHA-256: 9952601a12ca46afd6c6d31f824f0d754281a1c2217976c4cd52a600e6a4ec16
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is likely responsible for the exploit, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The obfuscation indicators within the extracted JavaScript suggest an attempt to evade detection.

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
ea6cb19357e06d46fe7a740ee4b2d21059de22c1657d126067e324e9f429fc6f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4796 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).