Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b3fc23bcdb30252…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 553cd3a50dc823e25f2fcd60f577a9ff SHA-1: f4a6f0e735473a5c4b7b4de961b795e7022aa45d SHA-256: 9b3fc23bcdb3025256e158f60a977e137338073d8f55c2183e9dad8712bfc8c1
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, including an eval() call and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. These indicate the PDF is designed to execute malicious code, likely to download and run 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
080d3e2ef300a11605b9635d4189a43865c6514ca67ca3f8e2d07be8ae63ae25
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627114 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).