Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8af6697cc560556…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3554-01-01 Authoring application: 5718
MD5: 48c8fb9b0b1734d1ffdc23ed685ad50b SHA-1: 77f76f1dbe4a309b268d11f8e1038cb4b65aab8a SHA-256: f8af6697cc560556376d39d92652dbe12b4867c403b9d96ae223380087c07b12
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, which likely involve exploiting a PDF vulnerability to achieve code execution.

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
a13ad309db06d2c11077d6596e739b5897834693d34a8014771ec2855fa201a4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4814 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).