Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b0fe5d76cddcb763…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5429-01-01 Authoring application: 1928
MD5: 281dc7cee2e704177fc4fb33b598872e SHA-1: c03a0a18ec94272c3bd2a387c7e4a9c8f348354a SHA-256: b0fe5d76cddcb7637ee3d83c74d4a67960a5e788b71e53aa692b6da4b51d8260
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of attempts to hide malicious actions like exploiting vulnerabilities or downloading further payloads. The document body is unreadable, providing no contextual clues.

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
327e3939f25eb3f0fa192d235d06e02a7aa9b8f409a54bb489c6c6b5bd336b62
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4792 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).