Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 489d0a722b76882d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.8 KB
MD5: 81270526e64ca1867a3bc6fbde6a02c4 SHA-1: 519e2d1ad17b3bb08208b4df8249c648205c52fb SHA-256: 489d0a722b76882d4804d6854929ff455a7bf15c3d9d874a044de47e86f0ed9f
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. A high-severity heuristic, PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL, suggests a stager designed to execute obfuscated JavaScript. ClamAV also detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. The embedded JavaScript file, javascript_obj0006_000.js, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

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
eccca3c613fee94e6702472bc0432861a1fcafd1b2517c2e8d8b8808945361da
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425682 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).