Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e22f8c2cdbbdfc50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3328-01-01 Authoring application: 7657
MD5: 5f1b2ddb5102d3f4a58d5b750ac50001 SHA-1: ae89c66dd286fc04df2d5f41afbe1ec788cece00 SHA-256: e22f8c2cdbbdfc505a4ef0ca7c500671dd6a336b2037f4e941a685b537753a2b
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 Scripting: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The 'EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE' heuristic flags suspicious obfuscation techniques within the extracted JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit, leading to the malicious verdict.

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
0e50ba03c68185ee2dac356710a06235114660b268a702c9dd5480d597aa5e8f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4796 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).