Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f680db8486ef8cdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 4072-01-01 Authoring application: 3026
MD5: bc046240e5c29a62281fe9600d0b5713 SHA-1: bfa4ae0ef99a01eee708d54b9065d1d4782342cb SHA-256: f680db8486ef8cdd7b97154e05df0bebeaf047853e76c0e3029f0584aa8be784
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests malicious intent. An extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', shows signs of obfuscation, typical of exploit delivery mechanisms. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these embedded scripts to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader.

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
771abb659dad34573e060ab40f04c4d4cd893d7d0625efde616a67841afb4210
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4792 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).