Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae671be62e2ae404…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: 0e7c2e72f3e885152d3bfd989d6f3a4f SHA-1: 234903989b2af47db482f95d6f6b4373b4c59756 SHA-256: ae671be62e2ae404983629adc56d40c29b7dadd1c7ac8819c0e98300c3556733
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a PDF vulnerability to achieve arbitrary code execution, leading to the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
9cf488848f182a011388fdd0794658cfa841a5f89fe411a399f84f6c6dade5da
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x9C6 464 bytes