Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ccbe1362d5386797…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 164cbae6dcce7e020f8fda66824c65f3 SHA-1: b6362f0d0849e4fc74d334331b1794c2903bffdc SHA-256: ccbe1362d5386797d8e3d9144017ad5092ae34db5f3e1e77008f571fe89f2425
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. The heuristics indicate the use of eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscated code execution. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests malicious intent, likely involving the download and execution of a secondary payload. The document body was not parsable.

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
44742bda0defef7d333db6ebfd5f3ead5433da25e4c0fc898e6e6522eeba22f2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627351 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
7f2d50164e2a37eeaefaae1d9cb8235e5f46ba21a15d6afd1907c6c29530226a
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 631 long base64-like blob(s).