Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2368e5e8e38b4c7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 5968e719fe9d44611aad92b6b6159671 SHA-1: ce544c87e2fd44769cea92ab47c5412cf918b0f4 SHA-256: 2368e5e8e38b4c7d8395175dd688f6d3e5c08f88c2637d666fc64d15c5e847ff
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with eval() calls and String.fromCharCode usage, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code execution. The presence of a large, comment-padded JavaScript eval stager further supports this. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics strongly suggest the PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability and run arbitrary JavaScript, likely to download and execute a second-stage 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
87936152ecf7bcb0af87f9eff57da1c17e0af080f14bcdebbbb52f1218a649f7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627241 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).