Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c332e134cbac3a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 80ec0a3b526b9a51a0fef9b30c18b9cc SHA-1: 367fddd08f6cca4c6573a9c49a98360819d0b4ea SHA-256: 4c332e134cbac3a1cf838a3d3e7160dac2d22f8232ad1a3d1a07fbbf27d7fb8c
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. Static analysis revealed multiple high-severity heuristics related to JavaScript execution, including eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. These indicate the PDF is designed to download and execute a second-stage 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
b8567232bd84557f619b77006656750edb3975f54f73cc5e4fa2052dbd2f101d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626224 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_off0001d663.bin
b3d64485ca725e680056523b1a34c48853aa1add6e17d40cbbb74391dfe18a87
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D663 300 bytes