Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed266753f4a2ad09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 8e75af6ebeb4b1f2b815b105c2dcbfd5 SHA-1: 06373fcf08c4b6b358c8f798e482c78a46ac6ac5 SHA-256: ed266753f4a2ad09a42515207594f4be356049fcdae8dc00286527ba093a2fea
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader, potentially leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload. The use of String.fromCharCode further supports the presence of obfuscated JavaScript.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
c89214ec041185baadffbd69b4adf32a59a8fe25080a8ae6c5d1e45ab9b90833
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).