Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b95dcdbc3d41749d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4974-01-01 Authoring application: 9309
MD5: 17c4fcc086e5b74bd786939c21ce907d SHA-1: 55ce39f14fdbe1994052859ad442ddd98fdb1a73 SHA-256: b95dcdbc3d41749d85b0a9b00c4368786a598b457ffc85176de765f6627536c8
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests it's an exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit, potentially leading to the download or execution of a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear user-facing content, further supporting a 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
c79b9fa82955536a9e7ea4ddf02e1ef882a17b474531ab90d6257f3d264ad4d0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4807 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).