PDF malware analysis — malicious · 59ebace9bdbcb33d

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.9 KB

MD5: 898f4d261470958c6de0108f81e3e7ba SHA-1: 33cded960b344487b1c99bf8dff6390c76ddf9a5 SHA-256: 59ebace9bdbcb33d5ff659530391ccd31278db01eb4829c25b6095f4e8864768

134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916' and multiple high-severity PDF JavaScript heuristics indicate this is a malicious PDF. The 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER' heuristic specifically points to an obfuscated multi-stage JavaScript dropper. This script is designed to decode and execute a payload, likely downloading further malicious content. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files further supports this analysis.

Heuristics 7

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35916
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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)
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `6c41320119e160dc719997b9a2efb3600ea9d7e9d7e44b4dc2125762dc9f365f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	505 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `934f00a0ee071d2ac9dd5ed937c26f5aec5c9eb5f377ac5458c21061e8fb56d5`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1AA3	1702 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `e6d623241a04f90eebaa4edebcaeee1b2dca1bc0ba933c339e0da4bfa7545178`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	23123 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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