Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0a0b5c4c03bc602…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.9 KB
MD5: d46a89ed673c2b52dab605d66e6fc495 SHA-1: f860fb933ba6028e8308b36b64ee0e878c6e67d4 SHA-256: a0a0b5c4c03bc6022428bc80acbfceead8b03c5a4532bafda28201cfdc9ccd54
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with an eval() call, strongly indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. ClamAV identifies this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13266. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common attack pattern for PDF exploits. The document body was not readable, so the rationale is based on the script and heuristic findings.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13266 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-13266
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
e408af00206c4c61dbb96fb145a2db122324d7012802f48c17656e7d6a6aa2be
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0xDB 27759 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).