Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9b44ed7f512e541…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.8 KB
MD5: c3485ea109f7946037824681ed1599c6 SHA-1: 67be9fdd6941152cbd522d6e5ba05dc3d3a39da5 SHA-256: b9b44ed7f512e5413968ef37ae63541cb213c303dc32f548318b958e49d406c2
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. This indicates the file is designed to execute malicious code. The presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode() suggests obfuscation to hide the malicious payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature, pointing towards an exploit targeting PDF vulnerabilities.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
7a83b556d28bb2f470b4b20d0ccfb80a217915433c1a415a8e5074a0fc5ab5b6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627471 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
acf8b535c2dda307a03472dcd4127f485a611b02c79e0662e02d78ee467398f1
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262116 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 614 long base64-like blob(s).