Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd6082a949830a29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.4 KB
MD5: 3fd84ce945314ade30d038636addfbaa SHA-1: 827d13b848feb005b8eb8181ff224dad81303045 SHA-256: bd6082a949830a29ec1af83445e2edc3ad98b9dd5538ea1fae23a1d8e6015a11
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, identified by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955. The embedded JavaScript stream and the Flash object are highly suspicious and likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute malicious code. The extracted artifact 'fvwtyBDLQZHuX.swf' is a Flash file, which is often used to deliver exploits or malware.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
fvwtyBDLQZHuX.swf
c2b666a3ef4c191b77b78c037656e50477b8ba3d35fd61ae843a3a1f4d41c5c1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x178B 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
3cad7fa62234147c5582a69d7f75db952835cbf6f16a9f434344bf18cded8e2d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x13E 4181 bytes