Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 feeee2ef4c3c4a40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.4 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 7a19322d64404b6454727780a74b67a9 SHA-1: add85196c5e3e88a5deb91f21929e96820a9d521 SHA-256: feeee2ef4c3c4a400aab209dba4ce426400bd273401484be04373c8932c8ca73
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of a PDF_EVAL heuristic firing suggests that the JavaScript is being used to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' further confirms its malicious nature. The script appears to be obfuscated, making a precise determination of its actions difficult, but the overall pattern points to a typical exploit delivery mechanism.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
e926c9787bd8416aa226fe9e13f846d1936319f26a1f500c63042822629b632f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13205 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).