Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b00bd6801da0379b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.3 KB
MD5: 42e34f5070a79d5d2879233716028adf SHA-1: fa52e822ffda1d12b7b3e58ef4a8a9ec77490b14 SHA-256: b00bd6801da0379b2a01ba2b7965aa21fa307a962c3cefc5f95f3f2c7df7f1b3
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-4035' strongly suggests an exploit is present. The document body contains obfuscated text that appears to be part of the script's logic, including references to 'eval()' and 'fromCharCode()', which are common in JavaScript exploitation techniques. The primary intent appears to be the execution of malicious JavaScript to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-4035 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-4035
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
a5f0fde3227a552f9202456fb74dc752ccce43ff8f851988867fbea6455f8ed6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x297 10611 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
fea0d2c1a913498e68c0407d526418b2ddf3f8027f6b1d7eb69bebaaadfaaad3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x297 9860 bytes