Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5cec90e50498a04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 930 Authoring application: 1302
MD5: 1ef10cddee8e9acd4e6dcdaa3cf1f172 SHA-1: 93136f77295febb08980ed879bd79124917fd4d8 SHA-256: d5cec90e50498a04c078b4f4dbc90bf5b74938fabb716202724fd1a28584a2c3
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 this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is likely responsible for the malicious activity, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature point to an exploit delivery mechanism.

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
0d5fa5c1dc10cd46eb04ffeb3842796589b42a82b22029763baa032231fea99b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4793 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).