PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9529689e87ea7f04

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 53a470ce6e0c25b31b91f3250b2c1b5d SHA-1: 88b8bdc00ffdc54bdace9af6dacfa2956f6cfd69 SHA-256: 9529689e87ea7f044914b33029c35c8d77b972b47f32db8c134b2ea56f81136a

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. The presence of a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager' heuristic firing, along with ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086', strongly suggests this file is a malicious PDF designed to exploit vulnerabilities and likely download further malicious content. No specific family could be identified, but the techniques point to a common PDF-based exploit delivery mechanism.

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` `56b9d7e882365e59db9f13525f8a02939e3eda07854d5afb962c14b71b2f2c0c`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	425484 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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