Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0c7cb2892976ced…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2984-01-01 Authoring application: 6819
MD5: 6793dc83ecc4ec282680eb7c4aae338c SHA-1: 7411388a5a1d8429a8490c6c73a92779a9e66080 SHA-256: c0c7cb2892976ced7f4108ef475f06d076d3cc1abb7fe80dc97ea5f28c0c8fe0
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static triage indicated suspicious artifacts including hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation within an embedded JavaScript file. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams strongly suggests an exploit attempt. The JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, though its exact function is obscured.

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
b7bb87beb0e6b6d355437629f040f61ebac4e3bca45e0673cec8e3281cd543e9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4810 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).