Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7bf78a33b15027b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 7baa89b6549a8abcf32d529dcae7be3f SHA-1: 7686d5d06694a1493f063523dbc78ee1eef7a212 SHA-256: a7bf78a33b15027be38c71bd2862bde13808f0d781b83f694d3f9fdbdc030d67
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Script Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings and the presence of an extracted JavaScript file. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The JavaScript is obfuscated, making its exact function difficult to determine, but it is highly probable that it downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The document body is unreadable, providing no further context.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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
776f9cf16d979d47f36e06c9ea20e80d0c82c2fb0b93c8ad2042a607375d415d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).