PDF malware analysis — malicious · 42252a9d7c201b18

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB

MD5: 1867377fb87c5abf9701dde195f0b2d1 SHA-1: bf09604ed065bda78a6cf35829fed5f8c447dd98 SHA-256: 42252a9d7c201b187a4e50b93aaa71dee0c126e3ebb329d75e944e7bba15e66d

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This indicates the script is designed to obfuscate malicious code, likely for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The specific attack pattern is inferred from the common use of such JavaScript stagers in malicious PDFs.

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` `dee9d6b411eb76d63aa5e46e703352f14d8cc97e63879944b02716eff7a4d417`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627386 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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