PDF malware analysis — malicious · b304698104a0a9a0

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB

MD5: 226af98429c3e65a47fd08ce0bcf9441 SHA-1: f91c0319f6b36b71136426963f8f3c6b61e65c2f SHA-256: b304698104a0a9a0d4e6b18cc9b80339e49573e5a0a56b62c3b58ed019fe6a3a

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings related to JavaScript execution, including `PDF_EVAL` and `PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL`. These indicate the presence of obfuscated JavaScript designed to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The `CLAMAV_DETECTION` rule `Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086` further confirms its malicious nature. The primary function appears to be the execution of a stager script, likely to download and execute 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `9a5adca776cb0489b38a1c8047b0cb3952d845b67e46b372c0804980946aedd8`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627397 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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