Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9325978d54677e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 3081-01-01 Authoring application: 5485
MD5: 072ce8682b9389d339aff509d98ed0b2 SHA-1: 5611fced70bca8dd549c1c906aad516a4057748e SHA-256: f9325978d54677e1a0ae74a65091af2265d81ccb685ca39a76d68c0cc2eb3523
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is an exploit document. The extracted JavaScript file shows signs of obfuscation, typical for malware attempting to hide its execution flow. The primary function of the embedded script is likely to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact mechanism is obscured.

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
534b1ded7bc4df62e3b5d3f782ac8d29e0c8fd2249414fda39741f19670a2827
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4789 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).