Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3419e79843e6e23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8590-01-01 Authoring application: 3829
MD5: 58e978b9ff14760a8ae179967674f743 SHA-1: 1dcb6f74f977f2f8ae4a60b076c57469bfa87478 SHA-256: a3419e79843e6e239f678dc3f5e0b7d2095ea20a7ec90631dcfa3af3b6a43559
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'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent. An embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', was extracted, which likely contains obfuscated code designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The exact payload and execution method are unclear due to obfuscation, but the overall pattern points to 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
96d4380dc34663db1ab7e97eebdda50e642f7e2f9a67d058ff702ba6a969f9e2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4786 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).