Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec533173ab10a8ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 6546-01-01 Authoring application: 9421
MD5: c65e44282710b45fdb46848798fb5728 SHA-1: 983e27f53d0b38a214dd190c06f503705a3b5959 SHA-256: ec533173ab10a8baf45a721924ef12b5a90fde7cf318d8b90caf086d66a84825
96 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 heuristic identifies it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, javascript_obj0013_001.js, shows script obfuscation indicators. This combination strongly suggests the PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability and execute malicious JavaScript, likely to download and run a second-stage 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
e6be408e873ea0053eff3631414fb90aea556807a87038951cc17608c69e9c99
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4788 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).