Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c84c6696ce48731f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6346-01-01 Authoring application: 4749
MD5: afd4cdb1be75e6f31d146becbf139aff SHA-1: d04e2aaf0ac67918d288a65789c6b6d14f1d0e2d SHA-256: c84c6696ce48731f473d88e0642db7773f1014ca46b07258ba46e1dfc0a29212
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for executing the exploit, though its specific actions are obfuscated. The file's metadata shows it was authored by '4749', which is a common indicator for exploit-laden documents.

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
de738d0af5241426fd874a7d4b36fcce18c2c861481ad8d2a94fb0ad38d520a3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4788 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).