Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1a6d084f897f92c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 2998-01-01 Authoring application: 2866
MD5: 555d9fc365d5d21404f84e318ab50863 SHA-1: 5725e6f2c2b85c50a3fd3ada1c3c97d6e3ccdcf9 SHA-256: f1a6d084f897f92cce96b75bb8a51a506384d28210ef0c169c8e355e703dbb65
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 this is a known exploit. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve exploiting a vulnerability to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
2aacc041087bc7e221e833e80c3ec5260b894b5773e17406cdc9f8de0af02afb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4787 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).