Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 283033eca654e78b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 9529b0d95923b23082208df4bd2fec5a SHA-1: 7e606dd4d971a26f19d00c0e294946c9aac44257 SHA-256: 283033eca654e78b07f568dc37d45b2f42dda9c4aac59fd5965a6eb37e5ece5d
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a heavily obfuscated 'eval stager' that is designed to execute arbitrary code. This is further supported by multiple high-severity heuristics related to JavaScript execution and PDF exploits. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly indicates malicious intent, likely involving the download and execution of a secondary payload. No specific family could be identified due to the generic nature of the exploit.

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
524841d92940b94598850300a76d80cfc759bcba7eb0a4ac8fb902b257f996d7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425525 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).