Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c69909645b6b34e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.8 KB
MD5: 356e0502c5c43c4ce4cf808bccfaa68d SHA-1: ec99afaff2856016f69648403c1759882e196e99 SHA-256: c69909645b6b34e1c54dd14a904498a9629d334cda8d341b2945cc87d6428119
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086). Static analysis detected multiple JavaScript-related heuristics, including eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. These indicate the PDF is designed to execute arbitrary JavaScript code, a common technique for downloading and executing further malicious content. No document body was available for analysis, but the script-related findings strongly suggest a malicious intent.

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
b594bc3d0be76083bcfcee2a880cae4b3abd278e2062a62dd263840491289377
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626699 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).