Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f184036c23283f05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1604-01-01 Authoring application: 7523
MD5: d427991a97da4a16879c30e17cc45d64 SHA-1: 5e54ae42624970f6fc21eff70637be88dbc08017 SHA-256: f184036c23283f059bf95c1de36496ca732b6e56a15373c857accbe602236e02
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 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, a common technique for hiding malicious code. The likely intent of the script is to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for PDF-based malware.

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
48734beac91f8516e19aa4dfb5886e284bca0a828b45fd68b47cf011ab200469
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4781 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).