Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0ccc6abdea2419d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.9 KB
MD5: 7efcd0f0da3b03f54127fd24a96f4de2 SHA-1: f8e85bea9403fe0467dafaf60c970f7d8b5c7b09 SHA-256: a0ccc6abdea2419db9dc4cad804fa26afdb34efe0559f10fb5751c3558226062
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063', suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a secondary payload.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001cb.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1CB 273 bytes
deobfuscated.js
f18f7cf7a57c2812ad79b39c7fc23b906b3d26245b9a413bdb33acc55827d240
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 12671 bytes