Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa75601c2c59d163…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.3 KB
MD5: 024e4fbd6374b873c6e4e83000ec0326 SHA-1: 176f495702cb51a3565f01ea769e3580fbed6c67 SHA-256: fa75601c2c59d163b4a3dd2541cc0968c330bf8c659ce7e511df040856926593
76 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 detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121' strongly suggests this is a malicious PDF exploiting a known vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for the exploit execution, potentially leading to further stages of a malware infection.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36121
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
6b01050342b7bcf04b352a963cc770811c3c8e82651ebea87f9ed4b139de90fb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xA78 381 bytes