Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c449ee269af7cc84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 72689e9ca2b2848392e74e70250a7383 SHA-1: b493ed34a6b6c34f43637e0f14996dc7d4398c51 SHA-256: c449ee269af7cc841ce9ae73b21b1f1c1e50d6e7bd1b97ec2c7db9615b3ecd12
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL'. The presence of 'PDF_EVAL' and 'PDF_FROMCHARCODE' suggests code obfuscation and dynamic execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving the execution of a downloaded payload. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript and the lack of specific indicators in the truncated document body prevent a more detailed analysis of the script's exact function or a confident family attribution.

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
0a818d043607100169ecf7269a9079e8489a22ff98aa9bb38dd4b350136f0372
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627102 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).