Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dde8240390b5cec4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB
MD5: 6d70c40fa90cdff93738df4c480ae9f4 SHA-1: 9ef67e05c8f74bf2cb831d01db9230d9ed5e7860 SHA-256: dde8240390b5cec4f960f4eeb4ddb426aeb7997b2b19c5a7f8fc0b3cac15035d
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. ClamAV detection as Win.Trojan.Agent-36280 confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader or download a secondary payload, aligning with common attack patterns for malicious documents.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36280 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36280
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
641023c53b2c180b21a3586c25e408264028ce75662f910337e38dfc7ca7508d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x383 11860 bytes