Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30ce33ffff6cff02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: a92f99104fdfaaa6a9dfb88272c82d4f SHA-1: 8ee6b915826339ee5087473635dbef370eae6354 SHA-256: 30ce33ffff6cff026b3edd55120ce97bdc480d19604369d945df3eb3c622f44e
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode, indicating obfuscated code execution. Heuristics like 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager' and 'Suspicious extracted artifact' further suggest a stager designed to download and execute additional malware. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' confirms its malicious nature, pointing towards an exploit delivery mechanism.

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
8c6b503896e69a29c1531cf32df608020be0337331e054217aa8fbd761b8852b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626662 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).