Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e743d74a5cb639fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3480-01-01 Authoring application: 4736
MD5: 83f607bf6e8af5bd52f5df355d5a54f7 SHA-1: 8414a28ffdb2196067fc2ff47480728d9e19302f SHA-256: e743d74a5cb639fc11f8bc33cd9a22f7af219e2009dc3bc212bf9038b01f3992
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, typical of exploit delivery mechanisms. The exact function of the script could not be fully determined due to obfuscation, but it is highly probable that it attempts to download and execute a secondary 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
6310bae435bd3355d8df4b21a7c6957083d2c13e2f3542354aca42fa8af719ed
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4801 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).