PDF malware analysis — malicious · 3f37a4f3041812fa

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.8 KB

MD5: 1729f8342c12edbe154ae2e80cb1c1fb SHA-1: 7c64874bf8b08643c9eeba9bfe1f0e252ef35f0b SHA-256: 3f37a4f3041812fae39777282a79323fecbd25215bef76c35612e2f461d90b26

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204 User Execution

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly the large comment-padded eval stager, are designed to execute malicious code, likely downloading and running a second-stage payload. The absence of readable document body text prevents a more specific determination of the lure, but the technical indicators point to a malicious exploit delivery.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `3890db83ce7c4507c86545d672ef987c27218e88bef521aaf0d9876354987f7d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	425393 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).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `3cfdd9025686e33c7116fe082838b241b1f9d2bfbd838edbc83c6044efcebcc6`	deobfuscated-js	double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143	262144 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 693 long base64-like blob(s).

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