Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2e93fc2c5b15153…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB
MD5: 8c27d3f47593e8769beba5af80e24885 SHA-1: 6551c18bc6e887226270780ef29b99bcfaed0f84 SHA-256: d2e93fc2c5b15153bc872401c2e92b0fb2caca73c5fbb63a3462b658776ea4e7
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including calls to eval() and String.fromCharCode(), indicating obfuscated code execution. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7307724-0' strongly suggests this is a dropper. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7307724-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7307724-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111611_000.js
b0aab7252121e0222d9ea23614718eae273293b06bcb6cd2b4e3acfc59828b7f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x197 257 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111612_001.js
983ae82621f2323455aa1ea877e1b4dec905003c861d82d55fe8bcdb4252e151
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111612 at offset 0x267 3295 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).