Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b94069e76824776f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.2 KB
MD5: 456dd544a1649fd5b84390a81e7a02b8 SHA-1: 872a0611602c4f25083ecce392e83f3489ad534f SHA-256: b94069e76824776fe4b9e6905fbaaeb32ea1997ea801eca8105552b13bc94396
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated using eval() and unescape() calls. The heuristic firings indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and streams, with critical detection by ClamAV as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082. The obfuscated JavaScript is designed to execute, likely downloading and running a second-stage payload. The extracted file names 'javascript_obj111611_000.js' and 'legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js' are noted as suspicious artifacts.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj111611_000.js
772da696bdb365f3f1eb4ea6af881baad391be62f3591b19f2f9827fcc4c9b53
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x7D8 479 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f15d0fe24123afa90bae2e51d9a63b6990aba8828a10b35185f858d0419088e3
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 2816 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).