Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3525b9b1932237d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: f254a5fae6d6f2ba0ae5d0c8791511b1 SHA-1: e4ce07d68c7308d3694bfa7b210476bd56fc52c4 SHA-256: 3525b9b1932237d5f634da0be1a46f3ec97676da521e9f690a15edb0389a0ec9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager, which is a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be the execution of this JavaScript, which is likely designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Agent' component in the ClamAV detection name.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
e7b8f34ab9b68aa5a91126b496879cdac6fb4bb0e86d4d9f615c2d772ba11a18
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626876 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).
stream_002_off0001d862.bin
726f0d0b9e1999019a792cc75734dd2757e5b2871034678cf21b26bdda189cb8
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D862 200 bytes