Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cda70ee477d86837…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9474-01-01 Authoring application: 5747
MD5: a5b80745cf58f7f85ea3f2033179fabd SHA-1: d56ab34231c62a0bc2c54b56df28663fe21acb1d SHA-256: cda70ee477d868372181539ca27172756475f3dd55a1cf90e47fb821090ec0ed
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. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, javascript_obj0013_001.js, likely contains the malicious payload, although its specific actions are not detailed here. The file's purpose is to exploit a vulnerability via JavaScript execution.

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
3014a48e1ddd58493bb9731fb3a5f32a21a7e87aa9a67bf9bd73a446ffbd1b43
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4777 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).