Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e77ebededb54c4e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 40d8607fe68d6c8082b7d5d7184590b9 SHA-1: c7f71237a3064509f2fb6ff50e3c8c11bd116dda SHA-256: 1e77ebededb54c4ec18a28de2f730aef896244e1075ea670f1cb7850e1e2dbe5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. A critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager', is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely downloading and executing a secondary payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of obfuscated JavaScript and the ClamAV signature point to a known exploit pattern.

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
c892bb0d3af80a9a7e1032fc9dfaeee73077ae04b2c22e8ea0221637e97b7b7a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 426222 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).