Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4aba6ff43d1de467…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 7e47919e763c676729b94792ca9237b5 SHA-1: 7985f3ed29d10af174a2677ab625d84054208328 SHA-256: 4aba6ff43d1de4678e6c66c6b18bea8b7da756902055aa7bdb2874f412e0eb0c
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a call to eval() and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086', indicating it's a known exploit. The presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature strongly suggest the PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability and execute malicious code, likely downloading 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
0248f8995ec84ee79304680cc7af4063efc56134e6ee69f4ce8cde1948f0e6b8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626998 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).
stream_001_off0001d69b.bin
1a4c573bbc44cac78cb52362b76b07457852d0fc9d54fee3f4152ea21fd07dc1
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D69B 300 bytes