PDF malware analysis — malicious · fdc74e4296bac7c7

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 71b1914e79e9550bc9c8bc1538775c58 SHA-1: a9a459f614c75259aec81d5554b9d7f017d59029 SHA-256: fdc74e4296bac7c7e54579a3f0ff448f2e3f518ed366d40c9075eaaf80e6e3bf

118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with an eval() call, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118, suggesting a known exploit. The JavaScript appears to be obfuscated but likely aims to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common attack pattern for PDF exploits.

Heuristics 5

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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.
Suspicious extracted artifact info 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_000.js` `db9e8437f9bc90ff0dbda66a7a270bfb306e0ee61f916432e624f0122d369657`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336	13247 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 15 long base64-like blob(s).

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