PDF malware analysis — malicious · 8f462ea5039e16b3

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB

MD5: 36f5672e6c28160af67c8751a487d5fb SHA-1: 8566d40b992cbd7164f620a0601e0b4561915c41 SHA-256: 8f462ea5039e16b325fca42a35b31425b2d34f45d2fe8f14c089be08399d7f8f

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()` functions, indicating obfuscated code execution. The heuristic 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' strongly suggests a stager designed to download and execute a secondary payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The lack of readable document body text means the specific lure cannot be determined, but the technical indicators point to a typical exploit-laced document.

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` `41bc13e6c9ae0cfcdd11f0a4abe5d614abb67c0899059424151421da28b8365a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	626730 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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