Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eaf3ccc7607a5dda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 5101-01-01 Authoring application: 1668
MD5: 5c878b10b1eaa4a0464c2fbb6293c016 SHA-1: 631195d1c238ef6de5a35349f0deb2742ac2d101 SHA-256: eaf3ccc7607a5dda793c51397b5c0d000bf9525eba4f668132a90e64912577bc
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains exploit code designed to be executed when the PDF is opened, potentially leading to further compromise.

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
01606ca8273cfa43e743c7d074466dd105cebdc0bdc985dc23b986b60726dd6d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4781 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).