Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b274c660a12555c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 08c2f62f0506a754667bbf9ddc47ff0b SHA-1: 5d9ee73a2c4c18790007444ec65641053f3428d8 SHA-256: b274c660a12555c6a4d04a91345aaf7dc861038f81589ae23ef014676cf84d27
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates the file is a known malicious PDF exploit (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066). Low-severity heuristics confirm the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams within the PDF structure. The JavaScript is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, such as downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for such documents. The document body content was unreadable, preventing a more specific analysis of the lure.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes