Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1db56dc17d1955d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 4d391f58f34f8d94971b8c3de1349853 SHA-1: ae269126f092e7bf834883166acc85d89fe9be09 SHA-256: 1db56dc17d1955d7ef51967a25af830571f7d6679bfc68edb634694ef86bf7cd
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' heuristic specifically indicates a stager pattern. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode functions, common in obfuscated downloaders. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms the malicious nature of this file.

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
be1aa254036c05298d3d923db7c6748f537c1b6ed0acdaa3a6e1815404dfd3f9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626947 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).