Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7bf4c6d56c63a791…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 68833f6db310a9d289cfc73aa1369c54 SHA-1: 9af2079e22b569bc6a01435a1220f2201da50661 SHA-256: 7bf4c6d56c63a791dd0cb932f0dff1410cf76b26afb62c1236d211ae6db7fb22
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a heavily obfuscated 'eval' stager within a large comment. This JavaScript is designed to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode()' calls. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further supports that this is a known exploit. The primary function of the script appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though the exact URL or payload is not directly discernible from the provided evidence due to obfuscation.

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
f882577211ecd418ac938a916dccc20981f48ba17cc198818cad2de3d5072ec2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425033 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).