Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d730c77f71e250a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: a0ea697178e873d9cdd41151cf2c8e52 SHA-1: 547f2ec27759dd0faea9fb736923308bad1e4f91 SHA-256: d730c77f71e250a40c240dd59da2c53907a9e8a93de48bef98a3bc518c70bee0
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, with high-confidence heuristics indicating the use of eval() and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. ClamAV also detected this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The obfuscated JavaScript streams suggest the primary purpose is to download and execute a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery.

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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
33467f47ad4c286922ae02d6970ab56a3451a3cc1e5f9d8cdf2f597001435f5e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626983 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).
stream_001_off0001d725.bin
3bf0ffe334764b91d537c059f388c800d97579e9a42dca04d732f52f7d11b027
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D725 300 bytes
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
043a7ce9de601936c1846b5c4938bc9dedaffc9f4ba7e4c8ff81b7ae21f7cff6
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 626 long base64-like blob(s).