Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a59ff7d0f7ff6bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: a90f33168460045e5b2e2868d5084760 SHA-1: f5826b223b8341b253dbb636ec6ba7118ad1c63c SHA-256: 2a59ff7d0f7ff6bc6df312bcd8c7caf7b4f4aa95e926a87b1119d0c4cea44910
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager and calls to eval() and String.fromCharCode(). These heuristics, along with ClamAV detection as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086, indicate the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' is the primary artifact for further analysis, likely containing the exploit code.

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
50378e886bc07bced57f9e37fb731bd27faef682c5607ec24f6d47b6ad5b6f90
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 625834 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).