Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44934963186c0f8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: e5528f9eb00307e1a9212942fb479559 SHA-1: c0c191e67b89ea746b3ee6cdb6439bd16d719460 SHA-256: 44934963186c0f8edadfd8c37e297781492842ca33bfd8f366ef20c34c736e37
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, including an eval() call and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager, indicating it's designed to execute malicious code. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically pointing to an exploit agent. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams further supports this. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics and embedded artifacts confirm a malicious PDF exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
6224e16528e999e0037425070a08ba5b75361acfc222f96003d36f6dc3840071
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626409 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).
stream_001_off0001d6b7.bin
53e7ebac6647c96bc35c17132549af9d6c4477545b9127c48be38f5f8d4f5aa0
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D6B7 300 bytes