Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8dda9090beb07c02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: b1f394ea7ff08d74e7291d6c2599be46 SHA-1: 1577d4de0c9563d36beeb4b2ee6de99c2f66d970 SHA-256: 8dda9090beb07c024b47483240d80b7525c4701f7636de9010d17d1b4ff92c4a
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. This JavaScript is highly obfuscated and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode(), indicating it's designed to execute malicious code. ClamAV detection confirms this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code.

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
41f6fada9e6f84a3d6cea21f31193be1358fed76d2c495f1a8f7781b73f80be4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627534 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).