Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c96f92f3a419dca5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB Created: 8430-01-01 Authoring application: 3376
MD5: 8b10f775cb4d2b4fa88f58ce2527c7fb SHA-1: 1e1ac8d56091ad6e7e1098266d4d7b02dab25dc0 SHA-256: c96f92f3a419dca511a2456ef7f1639758603470d51d493ad61256280817b683
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an extracted javascript file. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access.

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
951b589db2b23a13c47a3720ce6f11b152eb19cb06862c05162ede5a8051b031
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4652 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).