Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c928f441361601ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 8f01dd1055f59e6872230adf4301e0ae SHA-1: 9753096fbc48cdd6dab66f07b31b6e46a61054bb SHA-256: c928f441361601eebd4af6d0fdcf52498f83f551817205da7147bc6cb393035d
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with multiple eval() calls, indicating obfuscation and dynamic code execution. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' strongly suggests a known exploit. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of eval() and the ClamAV signature point towards the execution of malicious code, likely a downloader for further stages.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
bc48ecda33dd0a9e627f50d660b25d0cd4f82e88d52ba85e9b18972774f28410
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13312 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).