Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5437dec453154c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.0 KB
MD5: 2d82fec78fa6644d901b5d1b42528a00 SHA-1: d48e2e03851db7f75c2b2fea13d03103bfe1c7b4 SHA-256: e5437dec453154c0546528df2139f945e6bdf991ed7fb6a1fef091027170f3f2
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers heuristics related to JavaScript actions and streams. ClamAV detection identifies it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063, indicating a known exploit. The presence of JavaScript suggests an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload or perform other malicious actions.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36063
  • 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.
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off000001cb.js
eb39e2de4dbbc100de6d3e30aa43ff78fa075618862ba1ebba5151ea3a3b848d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1CB 273 bytes
deobfuscated.js
70d7dc4dad5435b9ef82a1409879c4a96fcd890ef2e85427f8925dcf665ee2b1
deobfuscated-js PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass 28178 bytes