Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc3104d25774c05d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 14b5f7d688dcb4dd0991246e724cbf31 SHA-1: 8a4bf7f633781208f16230c8c74d618ef7739715 SHA-256: bc3104d25774c05de932d6f916d1bec1090a08c90b9f6fe457e5dfc8d247a27d
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Scripting: JavaScript T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious Attachment

The PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings related to JavaScript execution, including eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified as suspicious due to obfuscation and a long encoded blob, is likely responsible for exploiting vulnerabilities within the PDF reader 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
6ee63e1c643bf7b3e1f1a93f20ba64d362c42fb15bb9ba2a3270ede2fca3cbef
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627123 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).