Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 890c4c9a8478c641…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 554e5a0d56966e74e628c5437c9b10f3 SHA-1: 453e0c0659bdb62ea2e2b31334d824340825d653 SHA-256: 890c4c9a8478c641bca64fee4517523817f053a83330180fbbaf203ad618ceb8
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript with multiple high-severity heuristic firings, including `eval()` calls and a large comment-padded eval stager. ClamAV also detected it as `Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086`. The presence of JavaScript and obfuscation techniques strongly suggests the script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The document body is unreadable, so the rationale is based on the script behavior and ClamAV detection.

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
998fbc3ecb8cfb817376c8593f79a2dbf8a62ed4482a2d6f41b77b6bab496630
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627493 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).