Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a83d7d2d6e737d8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: bfd397f0ac6c00393f4eddff32d9cd64 SHA-1: 03d9ebab00b996fa520ee77adada1049dcce667b SHA-256: a83d7d2d6e737d8a03865d03619d6c6c63e96a2925265664f4374f3a97efd4ca
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. The 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager' heuristic and ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggest this PDF is designed to exploit a vulnerability and execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' is the primary artifact of this malicious behavior, likely serving as a downloader for further malicious activity.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
10a27f0c7050a90bf179ecce13b8ed741ff8e03cd11c098a8ecfb17122f28ec3
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).