Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3c67fd5ae9dbdcc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 155 Authoring application: 4578
MD5: 380bd2f545932cbe5f71cb2322d4578d SHA-1: 89a515efd7abe3dda10d33a7050371d7bceb041f SHA-256: d3c67fd5ae9dbdcc816540e7320676a27fc8a7a0e7032719cd8cc7b13284e3e2
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 ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving an exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is flagged for obfuscation, further supporting the exploit attempt. The exact nature of the exploit or payload cannot be determined due to obfuscation and lack of further script details.

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
452521174977c37ea4863677a134362c74445886f9d522ecc7e29095bc44628f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4782 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).