Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 14f63462e1b20328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 9569c83bb66cb21ef205499d124a6615 SHA-1: 1518c13fed846e3849780e95ecae19c6ba2190fe SHA-256: 14f63462e1b2032881d1f198a83910d048ea09578985353e6dfdeba19da10799
256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains obfuscated JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_EVAL and PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the exploit cluster findings. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager high PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL
    PDF JavaScript contains a very large stream padded with long random-looking block comments around String.fromCharCode and eval. This is an exploit-kit obfuscation shape used to bury a decoder and recovered stage inside noise, not normal PDF form automation.
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
c9b1a0493033328b973089d183123a4357a2e6b69dc9fd0d63325eacccb35130
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425431 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 42 long base64-like blob(s).
stream_002_off00003d1d.bin
daa97b6e2a3fe618f61ad49af1211dde89c476a586814714fd1d964204a649e1
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3D1D 200 bytes