PDF malware analysis — malicious · 374e94f93d575916

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.4 KB

MD5: 2d3bdb457007f2232baa4120ee6076aa SHA-1: db3b078af193eb2f57f5648e0322fb1a2421e53d SHA-256: 374e94f93d575916726427081cf6715a7621102da7271c44a932af057ba802ff

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including calls to eval() and String.fromCharCode, which are common obfuscation techniques for malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly indicates an exploit is present. The heuristic 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager' further suggests a sophisticated stager designed to evade detection. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code.

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` `3101fc722fae263f0245dcd2db8944a68e921c4216bd4a61d81134178c8c8c7c`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	626463 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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