Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf3d094c76ba0bae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3928-01-01 Authoring application: 7278
MD5: 5b6cc4d32a8746b6b99fca9c0fdc2d28 SHA-1: 44985229666defcd524a40158eb917da8906a954 SHA-256: bf3d094c76ba0baed069f1dec729fa07b3176a05e5dc647bdca202b1542576fe
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristic flags suspicious characteristics like hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation within the extracted 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' file. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely attempts to exploit a PDF vulnerability to download and execute 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
37d4b697227e5523a81e65b0701f2697e092d0aee85a3db4de150fc26aa49c7d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4787 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).