Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba4e77fad90df07f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3002-01-01 Authoring application: 575
MD5: 3530de6127c49672cdf39b423dbd453a SHA-1: 5581019aa43cfa145f33de0ace567f6ca3fb6d40 SHA-256: ba4e77fad90df07f1082a30b91c30589399f5400d131017f80888fa3456ae518
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
ee63da0dec260b4b60d1f3ce7b83b89024c7bf6cebded3f41d1e0b4e975257d9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4812 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).