Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d765a73ac06ed1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 599f22ca7515be8b7a374901099d9215 SHA-1: 657adc1a7112307627ff7ef2545e93a119796e0d SHA-256: 9d765a73ac06ed1e449b04159da5f5f87892f98bdf543ec3360ebb9ae544dca8
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell T1204.002 Malicious Link/URL

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is the primary mechanism for the attack, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of exploit-related heuristics and the ClamAV signature point to a malicious PDF designed to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
700bc31ee28aad49a048ed8bce56198948deb325cd64089f27fb171de82af882
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).