Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e6047f5affc1c5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7470-01-01 Authoring application: 534
MD5: 087210c682c9da88fc994129bd771047 SHA-1: 4d062797ba2a1a883bdaa9c31c3350131849373a SHA-256: 9e6047f5affc1c5f5e72fdaa1a51b1460c242a5e352bd243d944c7b301a32d96
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. ClamAV also detected it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is obfuscated and likely responsible for executing a malicious payload. The exact nature of the payload is unclear due to obfuscation, but the overall pattern suggests a PDF-based exploit delivery mechanism.

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
44820edf4971f571ef178f7825bad47983a430d0135ff9db1f4ded9281457868
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4783 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).