Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dbb6c7b396bea32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: b5ee8e8afad6815e6ea3afcde8fcdbcb SHA-1: 979a000bd5274bb46a9e2af28a287f1864b79be7 SHA-256: 2dbb6c7b396bea32971b8b7790772698ae6011083ff9562a76bdf989b4569301
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The file is a PDF containing obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple PDF-specific heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', 'PDF_EVAL', and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, though not fully detailed here, is the likely mechanism for delivering a malicious payload, consistent with common PDF-based attack vectors.

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
2811ab897626e6b0e0c04503a1ac85f553f9bf735b519e83386e3339230c6f81
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424861 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).