Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58b9671a045763f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.9 KB
MD5: 767b1ecd4c45761ae6f726e12a4d73ee SHA-1: c5c1bae89fea6b71376ea3d8d81ec151860c4745 SHA-256: 58b9671a045763f99273b1c04e2a84d9954439292abb7d7c5ab2854927e051c0
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and utilizes `eval()` and `unescape()` functions. This strongly suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection `Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930` further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to run arbitrary JavaScript, likely for downloading and executing further stages of malware.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35930
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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_obj111611_000.js
f23e505f155bfa9b9f356fa9fddf8d7fcafcc37fc2df3878e575e72c00c819d4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x664 697 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
a6bfddab40390e70f03459b298601b376873e17ac7b19fd6ce5f16ed629ce5cb
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2816 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).