Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e08a65dbf9e35233…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5756-01-01 Authoring application: 557
MD5: 10bb9c0a141f0c1aac12a80ce6897387 SHA-1: 54c221e98d41e3ecfe7288c11fda17508f7d576f SHA-256: e08a65dbf9e35233f23f33c9e0140992407c0ff78417fd0d0d791fd7d15e9f2c
96 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. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows signs of obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to download and execute a second-stage payload. The lack of readable document body text prevents a more specific determination of the lure.

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
caba985598b7e2b53b10cdb2b88243e4e682f53b631d7686491c4327cad4f4c1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4795 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).