Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b95c34661d22e023…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: b91e7aa7707b9964ad40bb29662d2429 SHA-1: 7589085d7f9cf5d7091f65e7a311c38feb0d10d0 SHA-256: b95c34661d22e023d9792093213e759b2936d16550ce6958c550947c5bdc5ef6
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols

The file is a PDF containing obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', 'PDF_EVAL', and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL'. The 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' rule identified it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The embedded JavaScript, particularly the use of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode()', strongly suggests it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The document body is heavily corrupted and unreadable, providing no contextual clues.

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
8d84c032a86b6f1587bee8b0d00941a42899ee0c477c28b3b0b4f61819fa8108
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626851 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).