Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb91682fb172bd2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB Authoring application: Tisilarehaue (via 5438dTibedegabala)
MD5: 1e2d2ac7a304fb47b4d8bee5a07b9b86 SHA-1: 80d64623b41503a37b6131697fc4936074457799 SHA-256: cb91682fb172bd2c118bf1c04b6d2aedd7e7f531ace4274ad7362f418b1c1469
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates the file is a known PDF exploit (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142). Low-level heuristics confirm the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is commonly used to trigger vulnerabilities within PDF viewers. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream suggest the script is intended to download and execute a second-stage payload, though the specific actions are not fully discernible from the provided evidence.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36142
  • 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_obj0010_000.js
d4dce4f95f7146e3b127d68edf45ceb045483a205d9e9a2a53d6e6b80d83b663
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0x1230 1728 bytes