Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2440fc4519d47069…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.8 KB
MD5: 4a4b3f9b182f7b8881d412df844bcfef SHA-1: a6e3ede61d6851c174e417a744e939023bd386e1 SHA-256: 2440fc4519d470690eb28ef7bf0ef5e606e2d413f3802231242efc4a589bc7b0
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript with multiple high-severity heuristic firings, including `eval()` calls and a large comment-padded eval stager. ClamAV also detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, making it difficult to determine the exact payload, but the presence of `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` strongly suggests code execution for exploitation. No specific IOCs like URLs or hashes were extracted from the script itself.

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
e452d39597f41e9777b00c260df3f5d09217892846a0d7b9911cda325c55c944
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 625923 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).