Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bc888d9dddd6019…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3567-01-01 Authoring application: 7514
MD5: ad4a86e592d7f59e8cb59362d99c7534 SHA-1: 8c09ba030753979be4fddaae9be85b9195e9c2c9 SHA-256: 9bc888d9dddd6019e8326dacb5498802ff7f502eb25c5b105ed61b40f7dc6e90
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 critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, a common technique for hiding malicious code. The overall pattern points to a PDF-based exploit designed to download and execute a secondary payload, although the specific payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible from the provided static analysis.

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
ebf5f7a81488e2a2258b89bd20e9eac8bd1087c89937cb95a41cfcb424631108
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).