Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb3d04a30823010b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2035-01-01 Authoring application: 8156
MD5: 9856a920c4adc48856dcf14fa839a5d4 SHA-1: 0783d9b2fcd4243658aa184d9d9c4c4b227fd51e SHA-256: bb3d04a30823010b942be4533aea04e4e8d62e37a325353190a451c42f9ff6fd
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. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve exploiting a PDF vulnerability to execute.

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
824cec95cc684f9e0b214a6fdce0da8c45679c7d7356b6843d8789b01a80fedf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4777 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).