Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a341f4f62ad3a2c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 653 Authoring application: 7615
MD5: 446f38d3051a0c22807e6c091234aeb1 SHA-1: 4e4df21e6d0134a04469e49be79b48079fc436cf SHA-256: a341f4f62ad3a2c763340a6b5e8e864e0c7a51a35cfa1bced7d99aa5f3cb784d
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to download and execute further stages. The overall pattern points to a malicious PDF designed to leverage JavaScript exploits.

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
f39194f655cc26b1a123c593b4f7cd080e25bcc984368b175ff87f4382590e99
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4788 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).