Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 981d6d48400322df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 6cc2e6fa9134cc36ed3e5ece6cbfb786 SHA-1: 8ca13deee885ef9ecfcae6014433ae2d818d17c4 SHA-256: 981d6d48400322df160d63a2a67c15f60bb0f4c04d5f7e612d37839d1e67e29b
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 and multiple calls to eval() and String.fromCharCode(). This strongly suggests the script is designed to deobfuscate and execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature, indicating it's a known exploit. The primary function appears to be exploiting the PDF to download and execute a second-stage 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
3744187f6aaececc3ca49a31c4694351924343bf2171bdfb5c4968f320fe7987
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627226 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).