PDF malware analysis — malicious · 49a93f8ad87ff4fa

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 9aaf2568339442c401cffdd055eb38ef SHA-1: 98bd488883ed5db6521c0d882f7786c9ba25a8f3 SHA-256: 49a93f8ad87ff4fa6fbfcdc0df0128c91f99161dfca3f10c8e178243a3ccadf8

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream includes an eval() call and a large comment-padded eval stager, suggesting an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging a PDF vulnerability to execute this script, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `b6d8a30fd4bbb25bcf8d732f7b1df41b04c25606a2529a20b98030f7d7146ed1`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	425311 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).

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