Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6eb24deda8f4f02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9376-01-01 Authoring application: 939
MD5: aa8a8b29226ebb957b63cc7ae3309fe1 SHA-1: 15b2f438d0811c064d8b689599f381b14a81ef4d SHA-256: f6eb24deda8f4f02783a9335a257f715d52f9b631d2dcad272b894e7eb77d5b5
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. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014, suggesting it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript, although obfuscated, is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent of the document.

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
cecb700e826adf030c9a8cf23b82cd4e428493b3d04fdc2c8d4fb8387ac0853b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4768 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).