Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf584a017e4b6ec3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 4c49409e40d34c1f95c5218a6892eeb8 SHA-1: 670b61dcc1f6db1a24b165256b25f10fdda81750 SHA-256: bf584a017e4b6ec30afd94b5e2451c24d29a296ad81fff15ca479df75f5f0f58
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 · confidence 95%

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a call to eval() and a large comment-padded eval stager. ClamAV identified this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. The embedded JavaScript stream, named javascript_obj0006_000.js, is highly suspicious and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common technique for exploit-based PDF malware.

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
0af32a3abfe041f194dbf0eee5bce78c5bfa38a97e58987839d09c6e635cca69
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424664 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).