Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f6dc5fb5cc134c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 23f530f2f278da6202097eabb79424f3 SHA-1: 6eebc5363fb2c66afe9d7d577bf1b11372278cb1 SHA-256: 7f6dc5fb5cc134c1530bcd17bbcffc37944ee1ba3fe78046836912566842dce9
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a high-severity 'eval()' call and a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager'. ClamAV identified this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086', indicating it's a known exploit. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing 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
7d8201a9f307f9dc9749d7faa1fe98c9b2a2b127aacffdb365ae0ffdc41de474
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424944 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).
stream_001_off00003b7a.bin
2fa3f57cf29a31c34eb7fccf49249ac4110820412ad1c2bd84987e819792c392
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3B7A 300 bytes