Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 daed7e480a8c31e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: c63540f745fd9b298a1f0c2450a8c00d SHA-1: 0ca60b8e62c1d5e34b9041899356c0c88360f435 SHA-256: daed7e480a8c31e6106a5184f6c93908021a75e5ddfa5651cf4d520495f45d91
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. A critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests a known exploit. The presence of large, obfuscated JavaScript streams further supports the likelihood of a stager designed to download and execute additional malicious content. The lack of readable document body text prevents a more specific determination of the lure, but the technical indicators point to a typical 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
e7435f28ee5750f8da5af3d4f5b3f2138fff35927acad43e4966573e337d2128
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424992 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
9969bcb1ae5633769c38e952e394b041f98fdbabd100b73ca66adc95d84b4d75
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 588 long base64-like blob(s).