PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4a2cc64d6012a597

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB

MD5: 01474bc72f0ca3e258c9fbf8540c4a0e SHA-1: 630b27790b8867235f7d24f27bd21d71b004553a SHA-256: 4a2cc64d6012a59750c9c682bd9e513e814345f9dbb0901ce8517b2759485923

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()` functions, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. Heuristics suggest this JavaScript acts as a stager, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The lack of readable document body text prevents a more specific determination of the lure, but the technical indicators point to a typical exploit delivery mechanism.

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` `0e5ec0b224bf22f0fd6b50d6875e45f1863294fd247468baec7e5e72c46bfc4e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	626926 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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