MALICIOUS
84
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and uses ASCII85Decode filters, indicating a potential for malicious code execution. The document body mimics a PGP sales confirmation, which is a common social engineering tactic to trick users into interacting with malicious links. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the URLs. Although the URLs themselves are marked as benign, the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a dropper functionality.
Heuristics 5
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ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7300714-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7300714-0
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL https://customers.pgp.com/download/lookup?oid=1248198-0f2b1e4cb5db36f055803cb40f5735fe
- https://support.pgp.com
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