Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc4ef2626ac7045c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.8 KB
MD5: d6a652a28180658f68590446fccc456b SHA-1: 322d0518ab03563d0960f42df1a84bd179e6d33d SHA-256: cc4ef2626ac7045c5373e6487cc19919fc7f79ce8dc634629651e353c3c29bec
186 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (CVE-2010-1297.swf), which are commonly used to exploit vulnerabilities in document readers. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded Flash file is likely the exploit payload, and the JavaScript is used to trigger it.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
AdobeSystem
2c7ca4fbed7155ab780d5d0a2c60615cac253028b3c562f3641b8afa4a27e3ad
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 5 at offset 0x1B0 21285 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 8.00, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
CVE-2010-1297.swf
e00f8888a663b7605e1a74a39b06c4c4210174facea50eafd361d375f73abd1a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x5D11 26774 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0008_000.js
8a216007da0cb35af0003dd45a8aa592326de89e12d67b36b3d5d5228bd7aeb0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x555F 4901 bytes