Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d86b31276d1d88e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 78a4586ac26854523d962fe3e62a5876 SHA-1: d3854e2c8a7109a366ddf5742cc5ee51c0da2ff2 SHA-256: d86b31276d1d88e445dbc46f81906ef8b94fdf7c7f5907ba2a1324aaf90fdcc5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a heavily obfuscated eval stager. This stager is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms the malicious nature and exploit attempt within the document.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
64ff8724dd1553e75deabb96d4ad6cd1145eb4e537fc2ef9764f4f9725c6a731
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425238 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
c58a0847353ce669803e65ff72a1315624fc8f3096238489fc24573ae24a6478
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 668 long base64-like blob(s).