Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94d49d70dba3cd5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 2fef391cdeaf296b2f079217043514de SHA-1: 6881a3c9eff2d5a40737abedc3f1fbca87853a56 SHA-256: 94d49d70dba3cd5d4a999c30d3489a85ed222513b7da756c9e17b1ffb197a72d
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple JavaScript streams, including one with a heavily padded eval stager. The presence of PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL heuristics, along with the ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086', strongly indicates that this file is designed to exploit a vulnerability. The obfuscated JavaScript likely serves as a downloader for further malicious activity.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
f2d7fa63484342776b153f85feaca3dadc0b31fb035e8d251861c7f0358c3d75
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627444 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
a2bcafff017351f187c6ab4f48b4a582b5e2ea237ac21db78468a1687db57771
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 450 long base64-like blob(s).