PDF malware analysis — malicious · a2ebb837c5c1677a

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 6f039e309ff4634a77ab2d5f22cef196 SHA-1: b5f1769d16c77b4608a00af1fa62929714b9bfc4 SHA-256: a2ebb837c5c1677a52326e6a9c26e4a398bec22c6c0bf9b2d07e5a23121ae29f

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager' heuristic suggests a deliberate attempt to obfuscate the script's functionality. The extracted JavaScript artifacts, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js', are likely responsible for the malicious behavior, such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

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` `1d26a14a256458acaec54b2591560b42629f2a4c2f33d12950e810bdde8c949d`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	425361 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` `17612fb2fd2508377a4386d2685ac5c84fbbe0957da790da9f641ffcb800eacd`	deobfuscated-js	double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143	262144 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 532 long base64-like blob(s).

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