Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c86c4f247f12dfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: bb42eb158f6432fec37e13820c0f1834 SHA-1: af04b2a85275f37db3072995776b136d099057bf SHA-256: 9c86c4f247f12dfb638fb50fc60c45dcb956b38621f1cde9ca1eb42aecc045a5
76 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. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit and downloading a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for malicious PDFs.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
1e3a196c01218bdd73c05f45d6705cb89e7a47b10fc665e4d6a432c30e853840
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA7D 323 bytes