Malware Insights
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
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014
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Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF 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.
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javascript_obj0013_001.jsea6928a04cdd884090f713476e5d11fba07c88b5358b40672ada3e10d0e94eb0 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 | 4797 bytes |
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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).
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