PDF malware analysis — malicious · ab8a06d95935b07a

MALICIOUS

PDF

480.6 KB

MD5: 6932d141916cd95e3acaa3952c7596e4 SHA-1: 33a333d6f2e5452d09efd86aed2271f756ac35a7 SHA-256: ab8a06d95935b07ad241c17d2c0bd2855e0ee77b24611805cd95fd4871052311

286 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains multiple critical heuristic firings indicating embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object. The 'POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristic specifically flags a secondary embedded PDF with suspicious static findings, including JavaScript and RichMedia. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded artifacts, including a JavaScript file and a SWF file, suggest a multi-stage attack designed to exploit vulnerabilities and deliver a payload.

Heuristics 9

Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE

A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV

ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA

PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`zVGWPnPsl.swf` `ae13437efad4e3a4f03cb0339d03b7d795966b217d30a540767c4ae26f402285`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x146D	26774 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `15689f302e582c730e2957af9f693527bed5d4b0c0400330afa9ba85ee307ff3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x13C	12114 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 base64-like blob(s).
`polyglot_child_pdf_off0006f04a.pdf` `1a6680d1fc92463ff3785c6d92ec8a5a6b1798722e1986bd89fadc1455661f33`	polyglot-child-pdf	Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x6F04A	37419 bytes
Detection ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 Obfuscation or payload: unlikely

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