PDF malware analysis — malicious · b40566d79c4ceb80

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 1378fe28c16c3b7320646f88406dc538 SHA-1: bbe2dbffa734c63b3eb87f0d0341f6a20497b77f SHA-256: b40566d79c4ceb80aad9ddcb40402c582298a88d80cc022af4942d11db771794

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, with high-confidence heuristics indicating the use of eval() and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. ClamAV detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `a8a60cee4e30aa37ea96ed20963ea221f08be7e8194fd0713abca5f872a36d9f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	425812 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` `9e898fbfa4bc9f05ca7a0b4115b5fcf126d9356c2a085a40ab69e81b508ab3d4`	deobfuscated-js	double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143	262144 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 479 long base64-like blob(s).

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