Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeaf7f3644da5099…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.3 KB
MD5: 75adfba5137f259b9a29b5a3a6607ffc SHA-1: a3d967b6616a24d3a5e049e654608d2bb9c7cf5a SHA-256: eeaf7f3644da5099843e6f32435126b62872351f2797fb9dd9b741127f73411d
274 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (SWF), both of which are commonly used to exploit vulnerabilities. The critical heuristic firings for PDF_EVAL and PDF_UNESCAPE, along with the presence of embedded files and JavaScript streams, indicate malicious intent. The extracted artifacts, SWFNAME.swf and javascript_obj0006_000.js, are likely components of the exploit chain. The ClamAV detections further confirm the malicious nature of the file and its components.

Heuristics 10

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
  • 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.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
SWFNAME.swf
a98024b4ee1377e872e3ebaf1c361600c270db5fd5ba79f256106c0c566dde29
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC29 26777 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35955
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
e1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x82D 462 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ca3c9643392ca5e5f05613b7742f1e1a2e227f016ffbbf3e88526329ba62dee3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x64 3476 bytes