Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdbd8d8b769be793…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 48f234503a94940cc99f655c598da8e4 SHA-1: 4df2a739ce47096ab1776075b7d467868509614e SHA-256: cdbd8d8b769be7931e19ce8ee5e414b6a8ad44441094f0bd0168bb5f4b8d12c5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, with high-confidence heuristics indicating the use of eval() and a large comment-padded eval stager. ClamAV also detected this as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery.

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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
337da4e09e800d164fc18cd111b9ec332fb769cbca7a223cbf0f642e4dfe18e1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626010 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).
stream_002_off0001d813.bin
fbf4afe8505f4c7bc125b4711b0c472b6d34dc126f6a1d111e6ebadfdaff3e35
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D813 200 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
ef0597f6c4d97d65ecaa2b862a63f0e5611d2546f7e6258c409d3ed7e6c4a259
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 647 long base64-like blob(s).