Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1afff8d64db88b24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 84a97e81cd8a8e195f34471ab759b4e0 SHA-1: 9ebd4a21c8e2bede5fc05c1ecaeb795f71118209 SHA-256: 1afff8d64db88b244b78b8b4c28f8647717f5d6d8804bcd9ab5e7cc3a8ff36c5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities and delivering malware. High-severity heuristics like 'PDF_EVAL' and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' indicate the presence of obfuscated JavaScript designed to execute arbitrary code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is the primary artifact suggesting the execution of a malicious payload.

Heuristics 7

  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
ec34ab5a64bdf737c10868beb382353676f1c22d347990cbe4e179d6375219a4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424787 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).