MALICIOUS
116
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The critical ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7243464-0' indicates this PDF is a known dropper. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams, specifically a 'Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager', strongly suggests the document is designed to execute malicious code. This stager likely decodes and runs JavaScript to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.
Heuristics 4
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ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7243464-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7243464-0
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Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGERPDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0010_000.js77692aa6eee912f470430c71119e8b9c8ba346a577cd63ae147470c7ef4ca3c3 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0xC9D | 896 bytes |
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