Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b362e34bc31a6fa7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4827-01-01 Authoring application: 9874
MD5: 892677d258ed5568b7a0bc91fc37d436 SHA-1: 44e6c2246fbefe8ca9f9ee0bfb9277b55daee426 SHA-256: b362e34bc31a6fa74013105cdf46f109c667c63e8420b0e39d83a9d69b3d9a75
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 Scripting: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' likely contains the malicious payload, potentially downloading and executing further stages, though its specific actions are not detailed here. The obfuscation indicators within the extracted artifact further support malicious intent.

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
85e9cfe64086840b8e69d0e15456b94c890960fa28f102baf7b18d9fd08a951d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4787 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).