Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebcadcf00a32bc9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.4 KB
MD5: 7f1dda2807aa0d9b4b53a18ac2454ea7 SHA-1: d0b9290146bda36daa61240271f4676b7478f494 SHA-256: ebcadcf00a32bc9a11d78a071cb652bce7a57d821263483a790e019cfe8a7c96
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. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36898' strongly suggests this is a malicious PDF exploiting a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for such documents.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36898 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36898
  • 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_obj0020_000.js
70872ac549b934b2d115ed296a02a44537847fd67192d2e4d91e00bb3bba1e1b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0xDEF 249 bytes