Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c22970a18293bf8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 2bf70a0449864c48995fdfccfcb4c6bc SHA-1: 6a7800979ffdeb5b9f34255f8c386750bd2dccf3 SHA-256: c22970a18293bf8f9a457650f4928952f69ff9f2efc26a1eb8d7971dfbd641fb
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This indicates the file is designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is the primary artifact suggesting the execution of a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature.

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
9ce7df05f3a6ba8ef89407e633b468da0bada340fc884426c8d65fef604addee
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424705 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).