PDF malware analysis — malicious · 87cec2ee98ba00a0

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB

MD5: 705bb799c4e377d235e7967515db16cf SHA-1: db35224cd4c0f84982315634b2b9368cc3e938b3 SHA-256: 87cec2ee98ba00a05b27dd81428dd8659e147855cc2e1282ce9bf37ccd942987

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and utilizes eval() calls and fromCharCode. This pattern is indicative of a stager designed to download and execute further malicious content. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further supports its malicious nature. The primary IOC is the extracted JavaScript file, which likely contains the core malicious logic.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `945ebdfa422a7712f10a133605548aa7e2dde1b87355e41b8b4b2d64659c0250`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	626687 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).

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