Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4e55e1a386ae8c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 6054ab6578a4bdfe9c5d05bd40b5156f SHA-1: 5d8e278446b575d89fbd5e029fc52f4c4d6b4e32 SHA-256: d4e55e1a386ae8c1909da103d5a13bbbbb494dd07fa7f72f75ac37cc2eaf0acc
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large, comment-padded eval stager. This indicates the script is designed to obfuscate its true functionality, which is likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further supports its malicious nature. The presence of JavaScript and eval calls strongly suggests an attempt to bypass security measures and deliver further 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
e7d0bcdb9f108662ec7e73213d10ec1c74aa89ca89bf5925bcb12df364e91d26
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627504 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).