Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7faef3ba07159ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB
MD5: 78393c699fee83f0442aa360a6b75e92 SHA-1: d322f72e1911b979283ea89e61052ebdd48beefe SHA-256: f7faef3ba07159adaf012f682bac5ed8b1ad786a95ad9a4f25ad1c365b309ce3
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128' indicates a known PDF exploit. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, strongly suggests that the exploit leverages this script to perform malicious actions. The large size of the embedded JavaScript streams further supports the likelihood of a complex payload delivery mechanism, such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The document body content is not indicative of a specific lure.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36128
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
5a13e3594163c0a9cc6695b980060846bbd0cd4c91e845ed70951aa43654c0cf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1E7 45305 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
dfe7159867f45e377fbb2cd573bdaf0c4c54bb50eff8ae98832b2cb3acdb231a
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x1E7 33047 bytes