Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3a350d4f29cfb1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: bd5d6196e56b4479e16160529c50aedc SHA-1: 53f34099d2779878b28e11040bbd56a1cb4004f1 SHA-256: d3a350d4f29cfb1f149b6a5e1419f4b8a7e067de9f3d9d7e59a31d548489f286
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a call to eval() and a large comment-padded eval stager. ClamAV detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086', indicating it's a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript is highly likely to be responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for PDF-based malware.

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
cfd71b8a1a4ad55e9b4a35e4ca0434556fd06e56cb12f0cd2bb8e386a8cc64e4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425190 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).