PDF malware analysis — malicious · cf1b578d6f86cdea

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.8 KB

MD5: 095192dc4dba4bddd629a7d91c412ba5 SHA-1: c368cb1d1d73e4256b97a14790f1ff651a09ee4f SHA-256: cf1b578d6f86cdeabf579854c5aa251ef7ef088dc936e17b13b547d5b46deaf7

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL rules strongly suggests that the JavaScript is obfuscated and designed to execute arbitrary code. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run this JavaScript, which likely acts as a downloader for further malicious content.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `25e873fd5b919e3c877b9b11f9d5bd5441f0ee226046d01156f838a5c17ee65e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627531 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).

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