Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe15241a64282ffc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB Created: 1278-01-01 Authoring application: 8489
MD5: c4227adb262bfd7c383715431f07b752 SHA-1: dfcf24d3e042bbe23c239055502565dff12236a6 SHA-256: fe15241a64282ffc3eb8836434a8512c3f393694846dca2aa5c5d5f85f3281e7
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36014' strongly suggests this is an exploit-based PDF. The extracted JavaScript file shows signs of obfuscation, typical of malware attempting to hide its malicious actions, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
70e2944cd57ba500581699beb8a879bd1f793e316c0e538e2e7b6cd3e1a76625
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x328 4787 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).