PDF malware analysis — malicious · 2ff2fa3a91b7df8c

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 195bf02ad4122f5cb4f8498f6b079d9b SHA-1: 889f2b7a47085a04d6b5a2fe437265525e386fdd SHA-256: 2ff2fa3a91b7df8c80f1a504269764bbe2b71c5784e9aa117ea8fd744ac0706c

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities. The 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL' heuristics indicate the presence and execution of JavaScript code. Specifically, the 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' heuristic suggests a stager designed to obfuscate the execution of JavaScript, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `74b9b040fa28e06ea480b97b64ba56b63130bb032061ed5370c57459dbdbea96`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	424951 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).

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