Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a72ed90d08e0a8a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.6 KB
MD5: 7cfdfeece39f1d4234d1aecb9f246e22 SHA-1: 72ce1dbc224c44c758d606686c00b68f73d996ff SHA-256: a72ed90d08e0a8a475aee9d4f6ce918be6e9f3da113e86cfed88c98c56eecac7
76 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. ClamAV detection confirms its malicious nature, identifying it as Win.Trojan.Agent-36280. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader or to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36280 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36280
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
dcbb0b7f819f8009cb4789843c14958673dcf069766b84fcb0237b604498ea82
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x383 11736 bytes