Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b42a571a0a1cff03…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 54dd381272a16d0f2c698a14591fa0d3 SHA-1: 01c403ddc77df09cd65a47b6f03efb14d9332528 SHA-256: b42a571a0a1cff03d506648b26bad6fecb82f56f534b4f51ec504b53b8fe9df3
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066' strongly suggests this JavaScript is malicious, likely exploiting a PDF viewer vulnerability to achieve code execution. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for the attack, and its presence is confirmed by multiple heuristics.

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