Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9bab36224ca8539…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.0 KB Created: 2009-07-22 14:16:56 Authoring application: UtFMKyGOKRYKgL (via NJCxNTgbzIEiilQmIg)
MD5: 8051162b38230e1a6f7e024342a33abe SHA-1: 872834592a22c7d25c718c65f9d5eb0c7ce75afa SHA-256: e9bab36224ca8539b8790c3b16c474240ccee830f79e48a58a75ba265c8d9609
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic identified the sample as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572', indicating a known PDF exploit. Low-level heuristics confirm the presence of embedded JavaScript, which is often used to deliver secondary payloads. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0007_000.js', is highly obfuscated, preventing a detailed analysis of its specific actions, but its presence strongly suggests malicious intent. The document body content is largely nonsensical and appears to be filler text, further supporting the exploit-driven nature of the PDF.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
b419e24bfb17f5525111b23e61f6332271e371fd6980821b0b9a69249815be56
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x4ED 7198 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).