Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 416a2ff3a07bfdcd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 67f35931eb4f659197a6057662fe57e1 SHA-1: a8af90e88652a9f023c73902e0c508e53a1863bf SHA-256: 416a2ff3a07bfdcd6fdb69a2ad2121aa1c1ef5472ae8b83fd10e0b1f14af8c6c
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager, indicating it's designed to execute malicious code. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests an exploit attempt. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated, but the presence of eval() and fromCharCode calls points to code execution. The primary intent appears to be exploiting vulnerabilities within the PDF reader to download and execute 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
9fdecd5b5e3f4d86e599a914092fe616a4c26d48e528409615156979807f51e7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626750 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).