Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8a0253d8863f892…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 8818fe987973dc68aa362c016e596572 SHA-1: 75e0060ccfdcc82e3f2e1cf8f44dcf310422afa6 SHA-256: d8a0253d8863f8928d4ee85340c99be5c4207ad82add3b180de4f5d527639427
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Script Execution: JavaScript Execution T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this JavaScript is malicious. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' is the primary artifact, likely responsible for exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to achieve its malicious objective. The document body was unreadable, preventing a more specific assessment of the lure.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
55ddf6cd643de1f8a65af3126e92c1621c2b0881a5b608895dd902ace4e3935e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).