Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea813a0497e2f62b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 5708a8578e4f4b1314ce658471667abd SHA-1: 294527f98175c4a1055b467eb67473e007d91850 SHA-256: ea813a0497e2f62b7859de3c8ee94cd3d67821e29d610cbdb19a9b5458e5ffe9
76 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-36121' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for exploiting a PDF viewer vulnerability to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for this type of malware.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
e719f21c2c07c55ddeb296a41d05b1bc4bfa578cc2dc970b0fe6962a7d801ba8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA84 320 bytes