Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab5238da65ba1276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8396-01-01 Authoring application: 8684
MD5: 7ede89555b4a345491369a9c97ac75fa SHA-1: 95f96d903a2a0c32f14234a9870ee7b57b63d65f SHA-256: ab5238da65ba1276b65a0a6cbc85d42db1f1e75797cb3d28eb0a477057e4519e
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 embedded JavaScript, although not fully detailed here, is flagged as suspicious due to obfuscation and is the likely mechanism for exploitation. The extracted file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is also noted as suspicious.

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
20821b128738407cc6af21b8440ad6df2b6a3dd48e200aaf5452acde526bd3fb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4771 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).