Malicious PDF / .PHP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce2f88ebe878c471…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .PHP

14.4 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: c8d587c2a201e2232b8b557f4c3a7e80 SHA-1: 49143d97bed322b08fbfbb9166912441fa04b710 SHA-256: ce2f88ebe878c4716553577895675c9a64b4a82b58bbcf4a0bc3ad1e399e5149
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. A critical PDF_EVAL heuristic firing suggests the use of eval() for deobfuscation. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
262db51172125dd9eac2b1fe652df055e55222acc37824dc84098bda97669f76
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13180 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 14 long base64-like blob(s).