Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b570e4e58af734be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3281-01-01 Authoring application: 4530
MD5: c7b3738970548e54eb32abc7a9b93030 SHA-1: 37fac72742a3907bd7dc63088c3bcf54bbdff985 SHA-256: b570e4e58af734be784253c065cf7d4582611663cfce0146b56855714174dd8b
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve exploiting a vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

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
108a176ef1790e203084323d520d394a49e3447649a22cbec3e639d6d9617edd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4816 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).