Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eea116644e21ba6f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4382-01-01 Authoring application: 4283
MD5: 1b41a0417366f30938b72d01def412ed SHA-1: e9090cf2a594c1325881a547ec590cf9c4f4f374 SHA-256: eea116644e21ba6f50ec4c6dd30b4c8b29e352ba9c540c59b69c4a9a68b4f988
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. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader, potentially leading to further malicious activity. The document body is unreadable, so the rationale is based on the heuristics and embedded script.

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
b50f9419646061f031083fe5f785c1faddb85167ad8ce73dbe1b129a40738281
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4779 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).