Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a3fde26cd3d5fa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 7acc122d7dab28c39c2ddb9039b6716f SHA-1: a947b0c4ad4f7a2d3805200eb6adf43428f5119a SHA-256: 4a3fde26cd3d5fa47abcd8accfc1091371503986e306c4f5cf6533f9c9bbac6e
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, such as downloading and executing a secondary payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature point to an exploit delivery mechanism.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
516793a495bb65dffc0ba425d4ea4d907b49eb15a3e730f57357d30478b99c39
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137518 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).