Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 827e6198973e3a0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: f5721f60c024ca0e9c804b15736cfa27 SHA-1: 291461e8981b47c5f6a7cbbcf1160d9daa22560d SHA-256: 827e6198973e3a0cf251fe1c6d7ad1be9b7131ab9d6c2bdc2f707e5fb6eeec01
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics including PDF_EVAL and PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. The embedded JavaScript, likely obfuscated, is designed to execute malicious code, potentially downloading further payloads. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
46329cd01ad7edd73d712cf37fa80b8a065e423446207f6f848633c7b69e8cfe
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626989 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).