Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 448a5df792571473…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 1e9aca071d10aa4954a71feb7302f6a9 SHA-1: 9db93445cca2dcbed8aa897131dbc7384baddcd5 SHA-256: 448a5df792571473695f8d86e160f155ad3c1c685b164f3201bb61351a91e1af
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and utilizes String.fromCharCode and eval() calls, indicating an attempt to hide malicious code execution. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or deliver 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
454bb696b1901a4fbec179ebbf95f5cba68838b0dd0fca55e41e361f91e20200
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627728 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
f3f4075b0e985934342ce2d1fe96b113f7f4c15a9b8a00abdfa0d1b82cb79b24
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 536 long base64-like blob(s).