Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b1122f39a68ceed8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: b7e92c6d1109211e368faa425e10d25e SHA-1: a5c096e0d3e08d974890b4d458035b2100f2489c SHA-256: b1122f39a68ceed825ac9444db1fea9b282a18b3fd5da8535a4fabe11b8427fd
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. Heuristics indicate the use of eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscated code execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly indicates a known exploit. The presence of JavaScript streams and eval calls points to the execution of malicious code, likely to download and run a second-stage 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
9b0de88b9aac1bc8626ce26edce9ca77438579c5a2689f78d278fc64beb25e07
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627377 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
d74147e70ca0f8c2313ad7628f2dcb1309c9428d76028c3efe1dc2b708a1b372
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 622 long base64-like blob(s).