Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be73e554039fb1aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6901-01-01 Authoring application: 2357
MD5: 08e6be766c005a676d1709305ddd2949 SHA-1: 4fd74ac27cd989119a3b5033ae62b9641bf1d188 SHA-256: be73e554039fb1aac672ebf42dfb14c381efc10c2f134355fc2a065531abbbeb
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, potentially downloading and running further stages. The extracted file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows signs of obfuscation, common in exploit delivery.

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
f3e6e052b041c9a6df4ea85074a4bd95553bb6c8f95176fe4c77121837980efa
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4789 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).