PDF malware analysis — malicious · a8cc27171b0d6909

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB

MD5: 4d4c1168df812b7bcaeb9b2b904cfe4b SHA-1: 0f4c5b1f452249fbce42ac87fd030aeadbd5a6c8 SHA-256: a8cc27171b0d690948d3f411c0d247f1f9e9950f1a508b32b5096230b40b1eb4

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. A high-confidence heuristic, PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL, suggests a stager pattern commonly used to obfuscate malicious JavaScript. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for PDF-based malware.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `3b23a7eca3bbb2196118f70af41e991bd0e637c4786aba08829ba5e68efb09ac`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627670 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).

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