PDF malware analysis — malicious · a4a8d36d08cb419d

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 5ec92b2f9771f32da946cb8d34564e69 SHA-1: 0b6ce60cb72a06a6ea0a77b20f2973dd9ec71f7b SHA-256: a4a8d36d08cb419d3182017c8829b8cecb638993355fd4df475c917f78aa9d0c

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' heuristic suggests a stager pattern. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript streams points towards an attempt to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

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` `998db20d97dbfb1da395e1ebb13985b03266753c69021f4fe9b27aa5676bf6dd`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	424500 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` `6f809efcf0199d8ab224145cce8fac5290e78952cabfe6ead9c9c7524363b046`	deobfuscated-js	double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143	262090 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 561 long base64-like blob(s).

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