Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2c65c385f1e7e81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: c9cdb32d73f280ecda20f4bd29a9a4e7 SHA-1: faa1575ec366e1821c62cf68b79ac5e6cf68d676 SHA-256: e2c65c385f1e7e81cf677db61530f408ec97a43692c05cbd698aad60dca7faa9
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode, indicating obfuscated code execution. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The primary intent appears to be the execution of malicious JavaScript, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0027_000.js
1f2e8a848683ee95f2408f7174a4de142de69df0572ff0cefd8bcdc24a974bf4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 15653 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).