Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dd3b7d3894b41a04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5733-01-01 Authoring application: 4533
MD5: 418d9adf459cdf5fcaee4ee547f1fc60 SHA-1: 4e2c2712ac2eaaa77c92baa077454cf5ecccc992 SHA-256: dd3b7d3894b41a042e54a4cc7b40ab1a361b3bfefcbe8799d132fcdbd7db6cba
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly indicates a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access and further infection. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the exploit detection are sufficient to classify this as a malicious PDF.

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
74edbdd3ae51c92e8703694b16750a5ac94d69454822b3a6cd8b77e2abdb9a9b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4778 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).