Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cce31d439024265b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9059-01-01 Authoring application: 4729
MD5: 37804f9cbe2fe565f5f0ec6d96afd655 SHA-1: a5615cee5474c84c40e489a685ee014e6e0a13cb SHA-256: cce31d439024265b50f4f886e349afb6086588c314e04b61ae2a47d49cf0e5c8
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 including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The critical ClamAV detection (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014) and the suspicious extracted artifact (javascript_obj0013_001.js) with obfuscation indicators further confirm malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

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
c1a45388b48b83832b867eba517622199d40e1f48db99a7c169c2ccf19a5f569
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4793 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).