Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34cd6f61040ca31b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 3fb5b4fdfb322e77a38dcca4830ee737 SHA-1: 416d3ed23ff85ad9c1410a9a4cd8ebf38364bc32 SHA-256: 34cd6f61040ca31bce02f69efa024833b0c8e6b41480a3d670c5f49b190bd378
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript with multiple high-severity heuristic firings, including 'PDF_EVAL' and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL'. These indicate the script is designed to obfuscate and execute arbitrary code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user to open the PDF and then executing embedded JavaScript, which is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload.

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
a43806b2ea776cf22676e7cf3ca6dc630bd7ece32fbcc165a89408cb9cedc487
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627134 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).