Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3fdaddeb3448cd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5967-01-01 Authoring application: 4138
MD5: d2a011705cf53fab7545c045cc245ce8 SHA-1: 3be3c0ce310219bd37670ece3b2916b082768a81 SHA-256: d3fdaddeb3448cd68c85e94a15de596baa4682b2aabada147326733bf98e2493
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'. ClamAV also detected it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of obfuscated JavaScript and the ClamAV signature strongly indicate a malicious exploit attempt.

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
fa96962a08a51f9ad42bfd71ae4e3076270122f7cab5a9b559b2904ef1833167
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4790 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).