Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad5f5cb9ef6932e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 5a7b5c1f4bfad01f3d462613118d13e3 SHA-1: 017ca320e3e3aed2710ccd283d500d640b070fb1 SHA-256: ad5f5cb9ef6932e05f177767354799445891c05183651257fe2c205105e7a638
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings related to JavaScript execution, including `PDF_EVAL` and `PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL`. The presence of an embedded JavaScript stream (`javascript_obj0006_000.js`) and ClamAV's detection as `Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086` strongly indicate malicious intent. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics suggest it acts as a stager, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The exact URL or payload could not be determined due to the obfuscation.

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
96103669696f611c3b8e7ab753382e2562f6ea5e14aacb4efc0785b1c1ee42f0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626753 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).