PDF malware analysis — malicious · bc42c994706853e0

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3754-01-01 Authoring application: 2843

MD5: 5c12bbd59691fa8b64eeda8f8ff6e2cb SHA-1: ebced258dbb23c793c6e0a7b1e6c13164706f524 SHA-256: bc42c994706853e09ee8ae9d9f523a1b02e51d763f2b5434db5cb6c77f088c22

96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The JavaScript is obfuscated, suggesting it likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. Further analysis of the JavaScript is required to determine the exact nature of the payload and its communication targets.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `753e6c3a5c1327b0364503699d473ab1665f2aad425b7b1a836776e36fcdd828`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328	4811 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).

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