Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad72d7a9ce9258df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 606f8c7673ed846204643fc260a37fad SHA-1: 86bd7b31c731c3b3ad1f9c897b9754a6c18b93e4 SHA-256: ad72d7a9ce9258df3270999e9b7aaa7e1b5ae821bfd8a95fb5005f9c0ad6c27f
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086). Static analysis revealed multiple high-severity heuristics related to JavaScript execution, including eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. These indicate the PDF is designed to execute embedded JavaScript, likely to download and run a secondary malicious payload.

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
99aab4a67972b7fa77896fe9ae222457757008a124fa4d4be5a0d330be3cc958
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626476 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).