Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7a6f84e85fe8d52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 878 Authoring application: 3573
MD5: c9d988199f244d48d0ed9c70007e8179 SHA-1: 6d1c740223251381782d625d84c2618797d63555 SHA-256: d7a6f84e85fe8d52d39e6e78b128ea66db8b385335a2cf82063d4f0794e09d56
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 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristic flags suspicious elements like hex escape obfuscation and script obfuscation within the extracted 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' file. ClamAV also detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014'. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious code, potentially downloading and running a second-stage payload, which aligns with the critical ClamAV detection.

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
d1d213ecd951c0a7389467b2750f30ca164a6a09096d99258606670fcd9e786a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4783 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).