Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db52726a4b7295a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 003467de4b62509ed7657b0dd388fca8 SHA-1: 445257612a653daa6f6bf44267e577b8d16ca473 SHA-256: db52726a4b7295a1c7f4d30710942f64683dd759518dd676b0a635f70f90eec6
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1059.007 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including calls to eval(), indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of eval() and script actions points to a malicious payload execution. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_000.js' is likely part of this obfuscated payload.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0013_000.js
5dd79a12e4f2a57ed3fe1d7892ab41e7f0c219333705f6b308b9afbb9e15236e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13359 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 11 long base64-like blob(s).