Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea7b6d39b2c65b55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6777-01-01 Authoring application: 3632
MD5: 73da97664c76dcf3a3bebb24daba1d58 SHA-1: 5fb2508160b8b2b6a9cada7a50098026800d129e SHA-256: ea7b6d39b2c65b55609ab412144590ff1b26abaf7e4d9a887f994f4050ca90cf
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic indicates this PDF is recognized as a known exploit (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014). Low-severity heuristics confirm the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams within the PDF structure. An extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', was also flagged for suspicious characteristics like hex escape obfuscation. The combination of these factors strongly suggests the PDF is designed to leverage these JavaScript components to execute malicious code, likely downloading and running 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
ea6928a04cdd884090f713476e5d11fba07c88b5358b40672ada3e10d0e94eb0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4797 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).