Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccf820f4e6ccc911…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 4ab445eea287f3e0081379181722aa4d SHA-1: 24e8d0d953c281dbf9b43aad1c36cab247c54a31 SHA-256: ccf820f4e6ccc911d2b9a9cc4947ab9115668f9edd20ed1c98d38d6d38727d4f
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates this PDF is recognized as an exploit, specifically 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066'. The presence of embedded JavaScript, flagged by two low-severity heuristics, strongly suggests that the exploit leverages this script to achieve its malicious objective. The script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, although its exact function cannot be determined due to obfuscation.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes