Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4af49e98c7da29b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 5bf1118c6a8dd666e9967a33be562f1b SHA-1: 5f05417057d11e33207b4b5005ab231a3b438c83 SHA-256: 4af49e98c7da29b56bd0328017dc8aef3ce9546d91e82ddcac30a3c9b8997e50
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 vulnerabilities and download/execute additional malicious payloads.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
994f7d68e8892c17d4ab082853a502876b3dd9b5e91f4d9b5ba5b102949371b4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626960 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).