Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c920a3e2052cc021…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6009-01-01 Authoring application: 7214
MD5: 123e95c1476f80dddd181b2b7682042f SHA-1: bca071cee022775f11d99f3430cd98ac38cdc41a SHA-256: c920a3e2052cc021c24bd50dc4b82706aba616c3c45f179bf7cf8f0196979d1b
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its execution flow. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a PDF exploit to run malicious JavaScript.

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
a7118906c0d993dc04bfa0d62f7f54e4561997df13824892eb56eca21ae2dec9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4813 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).