MALICIOUS
198
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with multiple obfuscation techniques, including eval(), unescape(), and String.fromCharCode(). The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of a PDF vulnerability to run obfuscated JavaScript, which is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 7
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36082
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.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)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj111611_000.js772da696bdb365f3f1eb4ea6af881baad391be62f3591b19f2f9827fcc4c9b53 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x7DA | 479 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js5964fd0b660a79fb32d958236ad4076e6109bd163e7367672e5cd27b7d4de217 |
deobfuscated-js | repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189 | 2816 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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