Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb7bc064478d5e2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2343-01-01 Authoring application: 7220
MD5: 4776695353ffb058b84e41f5abd3dd7b SHA-1: 9716597473a6077c792e38e3b3c8d9197f11c669 SHA-256: bb7bc064478d5e2cb47be0987a35ccb5c3adecff72d9f9006faea51dac670b58
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 ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this JavaScript is malicious and exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' likely contains the malicious script responsible for downloading and executing 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
cc7b690849dc5ef809232cda3c48a3c0ea751f7a170b14e486b2a34eef8346fb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4758 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).