Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9d8d47c4ebc788f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 361 Authoring application: 8125
MD5: 270d9cda7e7fc27134f22e1ddb720920 SHA-1: ec9839b87b9e6742d5a41627e4d5d3e8b463a662 SHA-256: f9d8d47c4ebc788f3620df3def3ecebf58f813697384722de7d3f8925739d358
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The critical ClamAV detection and suspicious extracted artifact heuristic further confirm malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

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
d2d3b9285f8d0086036e7dc8592c0e00b1bb1c1c9d31c94777a17c81d4c1a02f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4775 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).