Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48b075804ad8d8ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.2 KB
MD5: ad292489391feb1cd6f5c772500fcfd9 SHA-1: d11fb88cfadac1a248da8312a613fe55d9203515 SHA-256: 48b075804ad8d8ba3cd7522d6e6e7000b1c9625fe8569de2e7cb3d13a47c214e
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

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111611_000.js
e1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x795 462 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
677a9e0482378a098697dfc8816789c485c9da62ac5d7c4208399c92df939262
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2828 bytes
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).