Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d43982fa0a14896c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.4 KB
MD5: 33308f58c14660a626107c2d5926948b SHA-1: a68d4b026df054b1a759c60d64c1f837a1263fb9 SHA-256: d43982fa0a14896c7e917c6ff362c26936424f46455ce90af326e6402864b06d
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` functions, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. Heuristics indicate a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager', suggesting the script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. ClamAV detection confirms this as a known exploit PDF. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature strongly suggest an exploit delivery mechanism.

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
8482e764de4ad084a5a246aea0677da903ec9681735f9e8fd0d64d72d49bb875
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626460 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).