PDF malware analysis — malicious · 93fc3ca7a24c100e

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.7 KB

MD5: bfa58630a1e600b6392b48bfddeb8501 SHA-1: 3f2c90d4fe41ebafa2d300d551b0c7ac704600a3 SHA-256: 93fc3ca7a24c100e3c4cbbd75f2f1cb6cf3cd47b690d8162cbd25ba8e1804f87

134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The critical ClamAV detection and high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER heuristic indicate this PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities and deliver a second-stage payload. The embedded JavaScript, though obfuscated, is identified as a dropper. The primary intent appears to be the download and execution of further malicious content, as suggested by the dropper heuristic. No specific family could be confidently identified.

Heuristics 7

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35902 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35902
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 5 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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)
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `3cf6a22459cda11e607fc9e0dc0c88d01a8425e26488ff87df38d855ceb4dccf`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	465 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `851a87bd663634d437917dff35e70e1c831c20e421e13c996694c00a8e0ba66a`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x19BA	1758 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `dd0cc73fd3387ed6b2e49a7a22ad5844052c97153a5742c36fa962e0705559e4`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	22264 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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