Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7d3df9aee077958…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: addb3e0b7d04846b69ccc3571fb388f4 SHA-1: 96335be6867ae877d7e2a8baff3b96d6ff75e632 SHA-256: c7d3df9aee077958be0dfccadb4faaa6745af87d1ebd7e7de3a0e6f1dfdde2f0
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a high-severity heuristic for a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. This indicates the script is designed to obfuscate and execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
db4e74378f374675aaac1bf539f17d8ae8b03d508c2f6cb39d381d0ff9dc3b1c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627343 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
103ed3d1330b634c13bca0f27cdf09b1dca080d7dda2536444fd7fce3eb36908
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 623 long base64-like blob(s).