PDF malware analysis — malicious · d15ea9bcc5526606

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.8 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 4b8aaeb0b4e208091a16021b729e92fa SHA-1: 46b7a036574b9f770040592d807aaf27ef25f75c SHA-256: d15ea9bcc5526606737a84ed6c95c9afc8d4d2eb1c4712afafc086c21179448c

118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with an eval() call, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118' and the heuristic 'PDF_EVAL' strongly suggest this is an exploit attempting to download and execute a secondary payload. The JavaScript itself is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of eval() and the overall structure point to a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 5

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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.
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_obj0013_000.js` `479d2853c8e85440f28f298203dfa5deb2bab0c18513a8a2200d8033a9fc833c`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336	13561 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).

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