MALICIOUS
166
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated using eval() and unescape() functions. This script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098' further confirms its malicious nature. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript strongly suggests an attempt to exploit PDF vulnerabilities for arbitrary code execution.
Heuristics 7
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.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)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj111611_000.jse1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x795 | 462 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js677a9e0482378a098697dfc8816789c485c9da62ac5d7c4208399c92df939262 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 | 2828 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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