PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3060ac5c86e85487

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.9 KB

MD5: 89acfb6d4687798c02720272ed27bbcb SHA-1: a2a2642492bbeae6ebdfe7ccc44f9b72662e7ec9 SHA-256: 3060ac5c86e8548732c149883b7deabd49bfc0a89d1aa3872e084a248e2ab880

134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, identified as a multi-stage dropper. The primary heuristic 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' indicates that the script is designed to decode and execute a payload, likely from an embedded resource or external source. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916' further confirms its malicious nature. The script's intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, typical of a dropper malware.

Heuristics 7

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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)
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `6c41320119e160dc719997b9a2efb3600ea9d7e9d7e44b4dc2125762dc9f365f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	505 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `1a43265cb18f4166ea30fbacf3c8745205f8df1049a7a3817ae8b8c67a1d8bf2`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1A7A	1667 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `0a7848f0370448d142b07d0f4bde15a8c77df59f26dd99f4945fbe67e7637bf4`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	43104 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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