Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd3a3b12d237c83d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2010-03-05 15:19:50 Authoring application: Laxiwoveja
MD5: 4d7f5ae50840d8fc96ea6ac586fce05e SHA-1: e72769171d7fc6cca53db7d166d001f9d56d7bd7 SHA-256: fd3a3b12d237c83dc0da92a729ad5b7409816c4f0d26d69bc773270a5fdaacf0
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36066' indicates the file is a known malicious PDF exploit. The presence of PDF JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams further supports this, suggesting the script is designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The script's likely intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, as is common with such exploits.

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