Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab510d44a8fd83df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 081c77dbcc41f519ef235d1e3d71bb58 SHA-1: 2dd34c73cab65630e54cac44ba37490c959d6f8d SHA-256: ab510d44a8fd83df5741e0b470bb2c1fae9493d2d055bdce265eb15c1259803e
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common delivery mechanism for exploits. High-severity heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving the execution of a second-stage payload via the embedded script.

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
7d744aa1b4e263cd0276c3d17f7af84bef95ee786599c35a14c11228292e4663
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626716 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).