Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6d7dd62300dd67d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3714-01-01 Authoring application: 1076
MD5: 8553ee6e401a3966313b232ad3e2662a SHA-1: 9e9efa2a8d26f4d5bd4d0a2ddab6faf054dd4e06 SHA-256: a6d7dd62300dd67dfa62f897e51265a3f4910e9cf2b7232368d4e947ce1d0ff8
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious JavaScript

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 JavaScript is malicious and exploits a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains the exploit code. The exact function of the script could not be determined due to obfuscation, but it is highly probable that it attempts to download and execute 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
a5884260b37c1ae9224662e9ad1c1c60ecff3cd97fbec792db3f9ba1a789c72f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4782 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).