Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad3a5d5ce6700153…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2725-01-01 Authoring application: 9883
MD5: 65a0e033fd4ae9b0527ec52a6cc58920 SHA-1: d3138342b5d92e0c2b073ffdbe4a75bf8295309b SHA-256: ad3a5d5ce6700153be436442aee273987c8ef635d5038261d9ab2f9fb1cdd024
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The embedded JavaScript file, javascript_obj0013_001.js, shows signs of obfuscation and is flagged as a suspicious extracted artifact. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The JavaScript is likely responsible for executing a malicious payload, potentially exploiting a known PDF vulnerability.

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
33ec2aeb0beded1e10cb378d71105a3e0f69a7e635230dbd7f1b4e4aa5d1b4f4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4778 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).