Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d72f8ad6363d4546…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3530-01-01 Authoring application: 6527
MD5: 6d4469e31c24a3f0b65cad1cfee4c816 SHA-1: de7891a8824a1ce6e107b05d2cdf1d05e98616bf SHA-256: d72f8ad6363d4546f66730fe7ebca079c18b1d884dda94747742c21ea09b18d9
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1559.001 Component Object Model

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristics and the ClamAV detection signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated, suggesting it is designed to perform malicious actions such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The PDF structure itself shows signs of obfuscation, further supporting the malicious intent.

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
bd082ccd811649b5ed167ac4e945efeffcebb4421e6156c6435f7b6dad58f881
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4768 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).