Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa9fd08c6ad244a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 9876-01-01 Authoring application: 9822
MD5: ba43d1d9df156f390f8d794e44034ca0 SHA-1: 69b325052001faa401531df2d50cee956ce0768d SHA-256: fa9fd08c6ad244a198dcac19595ce2731ff5b1f7b292ee1f1595af901becafdf
96 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-36014 confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, found in javascript_obj0013_001.js, is obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
eb2fa7196dfa7ae88eb14b6e074d245e8a0c295523e57e9b55c2b0e45e87e968
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4795 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).