Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4c78bc91f93530c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7730-01-01 Authoring application: 2814
MD5: 8cb464652c4d175c951c552bb1afe463 SHA-1: 265e381ead21f6a19adfc047557afdce643c0f06 SHA-256: c4c78bc91f93530cf16c412c564ed2a5aaf734841e9afc9304aa9ad1f3087e12
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests exploitation of a PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is likely responsible for the malicious activity, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
de70b43c50346757e7116d082b0d537f3a6667310a94af72b997c3a92fd05d16
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4805 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).