Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d3e58ddbb7be55a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: abd34f5649ab0a8876d837eedac45e03 SHA-1: 448e2bf5486b0977f6f76170490846980ea9aee1 SHA-256: d3e58ddbb7be55a18e3f40925378b982333047fc974f6cd61a9bd837ef1578fa
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large, comment-padded eval stager. This script is designed to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the high-severity 'PDF_EVAL' and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' heuristics. ClamAV also identified the file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The embedded JavaScript likely functions as a downloader for additional malicious content.

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
6e19a483f9e87c1a662c54acd3306fe6cafd7ff4d19238207f8230fb31053069
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424951 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).