Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bec565e6363a06df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3359-01-01 Authoring application: 6424
MD5: 7fd737a5a3a7114e3af212919b1fcda8 SHA-1: 0f51b7816444de67a54599c1ccb42d15898a76c6 SHA-256: bec565e6363a06dfc88fe8fe506c606a9a76bc3ed2dde456e7772d94a3489a78
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 a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for executing the exploit and downloading a second-stage payload, which is a common attack pattern for this type of malicious document.

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
67489e8cab5769f173363a2126ecd3c53f87fa1a14dbf56198e1d0e1944160f8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).