Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e5482ca5fe2411c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

143.8 KB
MD5: 8c79bedaa0485175551da0ca08ee154e SHA-1: d6154cf046e87818941376161df3ae84c5da9102 SHA-256: 9e5482ca5fe2411c84c5e96f9aec6451adcf34b7dcd42f19b27dfb63fdc68ff4
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_UNESCAPE. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189' strongly suggests exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0013_000.js', is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, potentially downloading further stages from a remote source. The document body content is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear user-facing lures.

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
dcfef6a6d8cfa1bb014db9c3831dfe940789041d903df3a8b91337c21b599a78		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 26469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes

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