Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9dc9f685a74f2e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 8483-01-01 Authoring application: 985
MD5: 0cf7c993e3c21b7d0be553af19721eef SHA-1: 71bd4b747820a1fdd1461fbe34f3e773c2a5dc3e SHA-256: e9dc9f685a74f2e632f4ead4ce1cdb2bfb5530571a60409fde5bd4223fe45ede
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 malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability to run the embedded script. The extracted JavaScript file shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to hide its payload, which likely involves 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
5a8095917aaae46ff4da615417d2a5c0d4ed535cbd39c6d0643d350c08279c38
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4816 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).