Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d96aa191e2f3f602…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 32ff2c7bda79eaaefe30f3d6b8e68670 SHA-1: 336e00a6627a233ecd9d08616a303651bd2270c3 SHA-256: d96aa191e2f3f602166b7ee0e0e9757c96626cfe606f7e8f0c859b266a39422e
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests a known exploit. The JavaScript likely attempts to leverage a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute malicious code, potentially downloading a second-stage payload. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript stream and the presence of a long encoded blob further support this assessment.

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
3bee4368f34b65bc6fe35708b3974cc7fd75967acda0cfcd669ec89ce3bf79fd
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).