Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 26c752ecfaea5937…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: a360cb6043b489e736706f1e5c2e808b SHA-1: fadbd31d7262586bb6c1db06ee28641711e3b19a SHA-256: 26c752ecfaea59375ced2591d826fb24a0e363234165e9a8416fdbbf649479ed
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of a high-severity PDF_EVAL and PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL heuristic suggests the JavaScript is designed to obfuscate and execute malicious code. ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The JavaScript likely acts as a stager 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
91567fefb3603e804c7f61b926eac1693210cbe5962a117b9900082930b34180
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627266 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).