Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c07bd2b47fee10a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3179-01-01 Authoring application: 2778
MD5: 8fc4c80ade665bdfab2577760f85f9c4 SHA-1: 9a8b650583bc8413cf7916e37cdc1e497c464a8c SHA-256: c07bd2b47fee10a96788c9f5bfe717fbf6575de18a5df8bd4336c8aca31c562d
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' was flagged for obfuscation, suggesting it is responsible for the malicious behavior, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The file size and metadata are not indicative of typical document content.

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
293add4f0e2b25dae894706a97a72125a5101495035bd26587d1800d9c6bb7f6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4814 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).