Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a370086dc257fa65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 859 Authoring application: 5011
MD5: 2d0f4cd5c8c42c831ab245543ebed230 SHA-1: c219d6707af527c26cf4d73e5bcf595d11025226 SHA-256: a370086dc257fa6518a73cf1dc0a49a2b6faf4dc7dd9aad8e840f22e329eba17
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is flagged for suspicious characteristics such as hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation. This suggests the script is designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute malicious code, likely leading to further compromise.

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
0b3597ad3ca0faf77f56e2c572420231702a8657a9e1cec151ad6d6308899b7d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4801 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).