Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1ad756bf61e8dc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 110 Authoring application: 6142
MD5: 70ce68bf89a599204dca088c826cbbdc SHA-1: 82bd5f73d6131abf447407ca7810e7f1de0b5e14 SHA-256: d1ad756bf61e8dc4ff32e6b2b17fb8fdae6607497dcc1938e3a79a028ae78be3
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and multiple PDF-specific heuristics indicate this PDF file contains malicious content. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is highly suspicious due to hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation indicators. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
b066007b9248f1c2352bf36a247bdf30555ccd6f3f1e9194ed2dc76283ac97bf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4762 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).