Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 456fdd43a55757a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

226.6 KB
MD5: 4f587bc2a265feb60d172955224698a4 SHA-1: e54d06610a47a0e444609bba4b31ff2498ba279d SHA-256: 456fdd43a55757a7096007ac090423972194354fe9c454bafce38490185ee84a
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The presence of `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` suggests obfuscated code execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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
7ce5bc05bba0c7a5be5b3290b35bd6c0d2e568729fc0e11468b7f7899743f516
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 322920 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 10 long base64-like blob(s).