Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc2301606fd274a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: a21199eb951a7f35b7dc0287a851827a SHA-1: 5f840c67c7f94d02a0d97a37fb1fc5b31eda271a SHA-256: fc2301606fd274a2cfcccc97a5edbf44047b6158f411f5204915cfc3ab23e40b
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic firing indicates the PDF contains a known exploit. The presence of embedded JavaScript, identified by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics, strongly suggests that the script is responsible for triggering this exploit. The likely intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, as is common with such exploit-laden PDFs. The document body was unreadable, providing no further context on the lure.

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066
  • 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_obj0022_000.js
22e7b9b95199cc294a88baec03e968aa698abb89fdbf202e98b946c7b2639771
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x30AF 971255 bytes