Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db799598bedf41af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 7038-01-01 Authoring application: 3964
MD5: 673dd9b7412593048b5c75a4b4f57788 SHA-1: dc2208cc18ebe46536c55b6d00534861ed66936a SHA-256: db799598bedf41affd66e911889706fb6b94b8cca1af1b811c7e14dbf9c887a7
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is an exploit targeting PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for such documents.

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
571345b754610e426bca8b4cd8a9538d5184249f718010749c1664a0040d6493
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4784 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).