Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2e6dea80958b72f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.3 KB
MD5: 2b33fd4e2184f67ced45f541e333ae0c SHA-1: 13e8f334ad03fb88c3b711e297306c600f6f5d30 SHA-256: c2e6dea80958b72f9bd57130d5fba75f0c39c6e9d60396086d252cc247beff82
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Win.Trojan.Agent-36169' strongly suggests malicious intent. The deobfuscated JavaScript, legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js, appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the heuristic firings and the nature of such embedded scripts in malicious PDFs. The DOC BODY content is highly obfuscated and does not provide clear user-facing text, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature are sufficient indicators of malicious activity.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
981a231e7e55ab65b35cbcb07879c10fa386ca7774dc2f763ca8e21dc9c76f74
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2019 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
630bbd87d4c991442612bbfc5d0e64a58d98100212c3f8e897f80b45684ffd16
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE 1262 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).