Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f7a38f811f9b674…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.8 KB
MD5: 80eb5f6ade09cbd4f64401a457771ab3 SHA-1: 1731da7b31ed7e97a342977f8f3fc5dcc15851b9 SHA-256: 8f7a38f811f9b674c75f9d49f47cb8160198e00fb18eca98cb363be5b6028d93
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and fromCharCode functions, indicating an attempt to obfuscate and execute malicious code. The presence of a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager' heuristic firing further supports this. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' confirms its malicious nature, likely involving an exploit to achieve code execution.

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
5895d5e5eebe5a61b7ca69a3d118829350f99172ed2e95f53522f6b0ad3368e8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425588 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).