Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25ebf5f6825038be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: b94a18df02d969f117ffd004a0e1a684 SHA-1: f63c29bf3f52dcbeda648db180db9ca0680a5c70 SHA-256: 25ebf5f6825038be84be2c583e41bf1dba9bdee1a631be56cc7c38edb4b1afc7
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This script is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode' within the JavaScript stream indicates obfuscation techniques commonly used to hide malicious intent. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature.

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
45af12a6c250110ca885e18349cea24f513a4f256d1ef82603423a393f83f0fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626884 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).