Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89044b5ec301b9c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 50377118ab7665fe8644c87de9373230 SHA-1: a0014c50fd641c61daeb72c04573fb56432c92c4 SHA-256: 89044b5ec301b9c73a5f8cce41627e2754ede29d5f97b140f3d3ddced110c7fb
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. Heuristics indicate eval() calls and String.fromCharCode usage, suggesting obfuscated code execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly indicates a known exploit. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging JavaScript within the PDF to execute malicious code, likely leading to further exploitation or payload delivery.

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
09e224a3352e2d99ff983b96755fd433fd7f50df64c388efbfb7ff23246313a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627037 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
b45b83d8a681ce1c736a9bb85bb8dbd66fc60c5d913a94f21b6058453c886e90
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262116 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 683 long base64-like blob(s).