PDF malware analysis — malicious · c43765bf5d45b4c7

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1681-01-01 Authoring application: 8805

MD5: 115c212b1303c681c3de58a9e3ebd955 SHA-1: 242001e1caeb417ec3166a4c5b7a427e73dbc31f SHA-256: c43765bf5d45b4c77ec59ff6c6c9332025ad18a2e3ca3aca54da71811ff9aa9b

96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute malicious code, as suggested by the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic which noted obfuscation indicators. The exact nature of the exploit and payload could not be determined due to the obfuscation.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `ee6b37664fcf42e247075bfd4d58be6849955500d6d4cab39b4381c7ec2edafa`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328	4793 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).

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