PDF malware analysis — malicious · 21a56cecc780a47d

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 005eb0fb3bdebdd6da85322b2be16355 SHA-1: b33394aa0911d44ad7e819f9f25557729d6e8693 SHA-256: 21a56cecc780a47de8b7a9a07611de7cf98c8e50bcde9b493454c44b457b474b

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'. The 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' heuristic suggests a stager designed to obfuscate its malicious intent. ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run JavaScript, which is likely responsible for downloading and executing a further 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `efbcd927ab1d8843ae9f8a2cc35da5100376bc09335072ff7d1f63cb3f520799`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	424049 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).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `9acac599bf996329d86c836d138a2f3b7f28880bf14877259cc3e4664ce06138`	deobfuscated-js	double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143	262144 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 670 long base64-like blob(s).

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