Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5b7c267c0fd6fb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1651-01-01 Authoring application: 9964
MD5: 4c232bf9a94dfa74159715d2d35d2884 SHA-1: d05b9c9d36975f4ef6c776aa9e249e9aed03bec6 SHA-256: b5b7c267c0fd6fb280c5d35ffdae15cbc0b5920b4cc019c6e4feb5e05e334c66
96 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 critical ClamAV detection and the suspicious extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' with obfuscation indicators strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a PDF vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' ClamAV signature.

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
a24a1b76ab69ec81acebff2a4e345a9528a9d57806e6ac4e4fa6d487364676f1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4809 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).