Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e44668e26803770d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9248-01-01 Authoring application: 1969
MD5: 7bc3e10ad029a0f02c7f9aa2d7ff2090 SHA-1: ca84da8bad9a53d34efcbe7e05eb79fdc51ee31a SHA-256: e44668e26803770dafd20125e2b6ecc85e33ac84a65bacf1a86b139b32cc4d46
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 a known exploit within the PDF. The extracted JavaScript file exhibits obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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
c344c5ebd84b040833dd6ce3ae6dffaaaf90842ca11045f918654abef21bb4bb
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).