Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d925feb6eb54739d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5525-01-01 Authoring application: 4748
MD5: b8164c34911740f4534f9b4742853cbe SHA-1: 063ab91eef98f82affaa258863163b56ca2cba70 SHA-256: d925feb6eb54739d1ccefbc05db513fad9efa73e079e65903d31ff4097040d81
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact mechanism cannot be fully determined due to the obfuscation.

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
40a7d2caa69e2a7ffa2c383821660c48611a082f746f61b168afc9e1cb74c3eb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4798 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).