Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee3c9e6822dac1be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB
MD5: 1e5922616e352d0fb533c7fa5d68aeb3 SHA-1: 620925bb5bf2e2385d60a9389a04ac600c3ecc16 SHA-256: ee3c9e6822dac1befab1d1dffd1a0ccb7ecef900668a9185420a1a8ae4a02d24
138 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 detections (Win.Trojan.Agent-36169) on both the primary file and an extracted artifact confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the deobfuscated 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
70d46df49c921026b1f2951bd331c696989c2d2d4a745965c59f5f3611ef0942
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 2019 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Agent-36169
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
6615bafdfca3443f4e226384bdb5b622622cea29fad1cb3aad6a924ef5787e9e
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x9FE 2540 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).