Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50d42ceff7273129…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 19be543e44fc14173e986b4dfe3a66dc SHA-1: 15f70d3063c38ff98cd85968b9ead484fc92a1ac SHA-256: 50d42ceff7273129b82769349cc946b77680471df88d06ad8d60221f8dec45ee
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including obfuscated code that utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()`. Heuristics indicate a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager, suggesting a complex steganographic approach to hide malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary function appears to be the execution of a secondary payload, likely downloaded from an external source, though no specific URLs were extracted.

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
4f33e8d4478995dbd08f59419e4233358597f9dadb519b7fb40fc10ad14ac70d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626338 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
aa657c2aeb755edbaba0852e20a369c875430db497092fa08f0822c875e30353
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 653 long base64-like blob(s).