Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7f9947dccdd7687…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 1dc60f6f33ed81795b07f67bf6b8bab4 SHA-1: 3f07667043cc749dd7148de1e0ba33221e24a7e2 SHA-256: a7f9947dccdd76878519a8d5b5f67324483f0402897f3dce80867d7c31ab3067
86 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. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for the malicious payload delivery, although its specific actions are not detailed in the provided evidence. The file's purpose is to exploit a user's PDF reader to execute this script.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
f7a1244524d3e22e8300ffce77e940bc0e00a596ec034a5e55c77dc8a1d19bd9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).