Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c18aae0b312918b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.0 KB
MD5: 74b56ce5933b0de5d808469cdc626f75 SHA-1: 139b214cabdb76f26033a9a5a250140346fbcb71 SHA-256: c18aae0b312918b20313618845db9ae1ef86a5c5d94372745c9146859003f824
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of a large JS stream artifact. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36324' strongly suggests exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is the likely mechanism for delivering a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for such documents.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36324 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36324
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
bee09535e6d9cb8070ca46fa9216c51887cfc7233a51335facda85a2cdd7286f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2D4 15423 bytes