Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d028cf0c75263de5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: cb818cc55fc1c8a8225ce8961b6abf82 SHA-1: bd4f350a5795a23c65f94b82c1a8ecc266425439 SHA-256: d028cf0c75263de549a333153ab8ebbc26947d267c8d2b50d39649828eb63002
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a heavily obfuscated 'eval' stager. This script is designed to decode and execute arbitrary code, a common technique for downloading and running further malicious payloads. The presence of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode' within the JavaScript stream strongly indicates an attempt to obfuscate malicious actions. ClamAV also flagged this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'.

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
17edb8553c86aa3f079235efe19114f0a0a0c709c90bf9c8feb054d8e299f8a8
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627109 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).