Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f295387ee2987be1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3891-01-01 Authoring application: 7429
MD5: 5cf4fd8feef64e8c06cdf5493b569c01 SHA-1: f5be81e8c8af035f03b44e7f61f4f3645ff25a3d SHA-256: f295387ee2987be101a47c510860f8dc9b7b9e2a334f522559cb68a273fe7cc5
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014. Static analysis identified embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities in PDF readers. The embedded JavaScript stream, named javascript_obj0013_001.js, shows signs of obfuscation, suggesting it is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The file's metadata indicates it was authored by an application associated with exploit development.

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
22b49e4d0ee04f92e3d31c7f937c78c36c7e9708581518d67de682e6421ca4d5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4816 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).