Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e06c37e9487fc19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 36700ac79ee35e2ba06144120d8a975e SHA-1: ce3a9f6e8fd018ad8cb86da7ec0b0dfb83b2955d SHA-256: 9e06c37e9487fc192873481994f2b72108db0b149b302508e0165de963478cf0
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode(), indicating obfuscated code execution. Heuristics like 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' with the signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggest this is a malicious document designed to exploit vulnerabilities or trick the user into executing a payload. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a secondary stage.

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
8a82494d012d8efe6580fd5b3c84ebd809270c391d09a7a781a3247c0c3a7847
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425224 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).