Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f23acc404d1c33f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.1 KB
MD5: 709a20d3b4f1477f26b703c18942ee90 SHA-1: 3b18d09cdcefc332501f62ffd6059e024d9af35e SHA-256: 9f23acc404d1c33f48864f807e662c75afd419702001689a94a368e160e08f23
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828875. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating the document is designed to execute code. The primary function of the embedded JavaScript is likely to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828875 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-1828875
  • 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_obj0069_000.js
73bde63126488c7d96acb21fa213a9963780c3a7459b8e9fc2f7af3408981aa9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 69 at offset 0x1BE 28166 bytes