Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb4b6ca4e7ef7d05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9414-01-01 Authoring application: 180
MD5: 03202cadca5d519042a5832bb4687221 SHA-1: f70f8431588aab8f51a47eb4f2e4f29e352075b1 SHA-256: cb4b6ca4e7ef7d050402b46333529fca36d0141f57c556f2d0b2b3dfd4636d61
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of exploit delivery mechanisms. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging JavaScript to execute malicious code, likely to exploit a PDF reader vulnerability.

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
57c47ec47f2eec77d1d9a6a25272f5d6c4e47c90b93c78c6f2e2e10332199e18
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4783 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).