Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac3b9581bfc13b7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 02b753835a9b17167b9da33fba2db71d SHA-1: 9a00048d4faf1826055845721de579c709d97085 SHA-256: ac3b9581bfc13b7e031e776137f53c2c4e73e24885b6fca3dd80cb733492d6e5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings related to JavaScript execution and obfuscation, including `PDF_EVAL` and `PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL`. ClamAV also detected it as `Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086`. The presence of large, deobfuscated JavaScript streams strongly suggests the file's primary purpose is to act as a stager, downloading and executing further malicious content. The document body is unreadable, providing no contextual clues.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
9ae66203ea32a91dcbec7aef1afb05321aae6c5e067d261d00d3ac85bed7979e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 625996 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
95fed7b9ab21ddae7aabcb1d4394042fad091ad2bc5b5f2b05e73fc5b9779023
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 634 long base64-like blob(s).