PDF malware analysis — malicious · b0888c8437849c41

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB

MD5: 0a6a01cb8aa91423fdc465c5c7793ecb SHA-1: 6486f10b0379d3d93a103db846f752db37836eb0 SHA-256: b0888c8437849c41657c7465dcff8b622c7d48565fdbe55196945cfe06ceb9ab

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains multiple heuristic firings indicating embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, including a high-severity 'eval()' call and a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager'. ClamAV also detected it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The presence of these elements strongly suggests the JavaScript is intended to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader and subsequently download and execute a secondary payload. The document body was not readable, so the rationale is based solely on the script and heuristic findings.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `df9751866b4f92f73581c33bf1ab551ccc5cf3f317df02b3e1d7f48dd4783fa1`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	626845 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).

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