Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcc294aa42526a8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

27.8 KB
MD5: 9f7b808b5d11843437dc5e1bfa8eb03b SHA-1: 86868701797a6632cabe7d7880a0380b323677f9 SHA-256: dcc294aa42526a8f5d18727913abdef08b8b92b57048b0b0fd9ceace7b762cf1
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with multiple signatures indicating a PDF exploit. Heuristics confirm the presence of embedded JavaScript within a PDF stream, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS firings.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36114 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36114
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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_obj0008_000.js
532771a041217b478c752102d175fa323458d54cbf080d5307a029824f27a4fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2687 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36307
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).