Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1d32a82930d37f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 306 Authoring application: 5750
MD5: 173aff82d46980b8288b4ca1152bf5c6 SHA-1: 46945a5be82108e0a76e78bc8d9be77e89c5df48 SHA-256: a1d32a82930d37f016d9c85164453ce9d0440ac1ea41574356b6ff286235d9de
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF with embedded JavaScript, identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The JavaScript stream exhibits obfuscation, suggesting it's designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The primary function appears to be the execution of malicious JavaScript, 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
65cae6c0a1bbf444f89f46846f8d3cb397747ac848f5dbdff5f56a0a9a940169
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4805 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).