PDF malware analysis — malicious · 97eeea71e9a09c13

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 822354796a71d62825d8ae38489ca3ac SHA-1: 201dd30cdbe59310838256c93c5425a47c1923e0 SHA-256: 97eeea71e9a09c132788dc6094195e0f65cde6f10f868766678c9eae600f2a9e

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This JavaScript is designed to be executed by a vulnerable PDF reader, indicating an exploit attempt. The presence of `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` suggests obfuscation to hide malicious code. The ClamAV detection `Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086` further confirms its malicious nature, likely involving the download and execution of a secondary payload.

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` `64b60d437479c9488911c09e7de7d4d6e2420e4a3d81c56e5a2294397e8625f3`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	425607 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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