Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4078b45e1dd521d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: b5f073c4e9828fe8732807b15c1c1f97 SHA-1: 6eaf442d170874bc1c71844b93be94b3f1ba4dfa SHA-256: b4078b45e1dd521d04c5a14e218e889dc0bcb2d91c414b50232ca232deefa0c3
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. Static analysis revealed multiple JavaScript-related heuristics, including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL. These indicate that the PDF contains and executes JavaScript, which is commonly used to exploit vulnerabilities in PDF readers. The presence of a large, obfuscated JavaScript stream suggests a stager designed to download and execute a secondary 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
0328b35fc7fa7d2ed8cf2258aa46d30c5fe99d20a7a6ae5279eed2d0da963b73
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626784 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).