Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cab0370f7925482e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB
MD5: 0317707c6a7234779e8cd3f1b45b1d08 SHA-1: 8d576ae5783f8853785e650741e6156f44f9a334 SHA-256: cab0370f7925482ea5d65adf06028bb433ec3f0ab6c6abb4dc5ef95789970c99
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128, indicating it contains known malicious content. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is commonly used in malicious PDFs to execute arbitrary code or download further stages. The large size of the embedded JavaScript streams suggests a complex or obfuscated payload. The document body content is nonsensical and appears to be malformed or intentionally unreadable, further supporting a malicious intent.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
8c622609d1bfc3eb15fc089cc2dbd985b6ad601461be7ac9c6f177e4250ed313
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 45305 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
687aa1032505d30a718909df4f80fe0007e0cec2da3050ef86d73d848320e233
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x1E7 33047 bytes