PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9cd3dc53420fd651

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB

MD5: 823cbd264b951e9591d181de7b3c54ac SHA-1: b56e851a471edf3a9fceab97f10362aed490215f SHA-256: 9cd3dc53420fd651c1310c4a43f5d1bd7636a56db54220507805cca36108b5b2

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode(), indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. Heuristics suggest this JavaScript acts as a stager, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms the malicious nature of the file, pointing towards a known exploit targeting PDF vulnerabilities.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `f9386f02f5d0e2e49eeed65c610046fed6a565011b09633398638a2d7b80b54d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627351 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).
`stream_002_off0001d8a6.bin` `f0b7dc3d5d45de138d3654dbec00611ba43d52f0c5f0eece44aba82275ed2a51`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D8A6	200 bytes

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