Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d822332035adbc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 7fe7770edb2b74df26696c33ae40d076 SHA-1: 379fa8dd322343338443534c586a70d57a052ad4 SHA-256: 7d822332035adbc2ab128caeef2eab8ed0d4958a6421a4389290ff2ffe61b0ba
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. Heuristics indicate the use of eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscated code execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly indicates a known exploit. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams points to the execution of malicious code within the PDF, likely 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
2fc1ea189c8b85ebee5209ec6610faac06ef26e83294d97e3dde0b2dcf680f5c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627195 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
fbf42d44727505128b70e75187b4d38f35d619bb0ab8abc97c3c06b31cf213cf
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 651 long base64-like blob(s).