Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e891100e81b52440…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4242-01-01 Authoring application: 4110
MD5: 2874a328b21141c474619b181a2765a3 SHA-1: 0899c07eb889d270b5ca3a983956cb94f5271028 SHA-256: e891100e81b5244043b4b479a8fcc228f1907525c974b72fc9fa1fde2cf0bc01
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

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 exploitation. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains the malicious payload. The obfuscation indicators within the extracted artifact further support a malicious intent, possibly 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
26e05429c176d44d79fb0fabb66bc752322611e322c9f43f34806e01bd9421b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 5209 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).