Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4a6184bc32ddd1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6126-01-01 Authoring application: 8871
MD5: a8489d5c8b815e242a9e6fe1642263f6 SHA-1: b6c23d295315ddea4d465dc875160d4b3736765e SHA-256: a4a6184bc32ddd1d970701b4ecfd638f2013529079d9910890efa8a57307f796
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 ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve downloading and executing a second-stage 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
a2ebd0fbe4ee54148fa0b505a12becea9b21d6be8aec3e062006a6b3e12bafb0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5243 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).