Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49e450c49bd47945…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 351be764f3a6de48db0ef2743fb11f63 SHA-1: 96376cf4c4c95503b8cf5084565f1c2f533cec41 SHA-256: 49e450c49bd479455896ccb82b4e9d38eeee83bbccea2ae386227fdca677f1fd
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including obfuscated code with eval() calls and String.fromCharCode, indicative of a stager. The ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is an exploit document. The presence of large, deobfuscated JavaScript streams further supports the exploitation vector. The exact payload or target is not discernible from the provided evidence.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
a067575a9aae4ba04c29e9a286d3ff94867fc15582942b611257f3bfb1382e0e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627509 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
5f681d28ec62a7e179bc9caf709a22e3bcea0564cac3313781af8777abb94baa
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 621 long base64-like blob(s).