Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0cbf46ea3e7c736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9170-01-01 Authoring application: 7102
MD5: cd721c37c8ffd5e62f6b326466716a54 SHA-1: ce7172bfebaa0894e3055e1ef975949294f20af4 SHA-256: a0cbf46ea3e7c736a35f912c10e4315099f812b87123a0a495d417768682e3a3
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malicious payloads. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a PDF vulnerability to execute this script, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

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
fc9f4b646a56e2835abf6b3a2967acfa340bc0f843763a2754565c85220ccd06
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4813 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).