Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46a70de36abbfba6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: b2090a7d46c3837aa8c20ffed0fbd322 SHA-1: 2385360a28a6c3e03d33a35962183c03649cd9a0 SHA-256: 46a70de36abbfba623e91b7bf18bf5dfb40e78e0f2f6f7d81dc1890dbd8597ea
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large, obfuscated stager that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode. ClamAV detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086', indicating a known exploit. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging JavaScript within the PDF to execute malicious code, likely leading to further stages of infection.

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
a3b54de01b853da2ecd5c62e2152a18aada34c7d54a886d87035d84c469c28fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627161 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).