Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9eabc734fcbcb51d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: b3ce8d69ffa532be62d86258e56c0922 SHA-1: b48c5603c1110f9379653cfcca5953ce5183f2a9 SHA-256: 9eabc734fcbcb51ddc17ad53293a4a3a0f4dcd900d8b1760e69ff3a36b8841e6
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode() functions. Heuristics indicate a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager, suggesting it's designed to deobfuscate and execute a payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
081008213131d2e6f142cda9bd6eed2e3924ef45a5f90b69276b246e5c0d13fc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626583 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
da633778fc4200e7fe7b069a28579dec4f513a6df90c29851117df2880224b96
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 688 long base64-like blob(s).