Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db57c1b8d4a63ba2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 2d0d20bfc5515aae9cf21f9c50e70824 SHA-1: 7e85ef71d8655a28c94644d8d65e22ab149a48e8 SHA-256: db57c1b8d4a63ba226e731197b7c94adab105a872194069af0efbb387c481791
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'. The 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' heuristic suggests a stager designed to execute code. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The presence of large, obfuscated JavaScript streams further supports the conclusion that this file is a dropper for malicious code.

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
37006892034ff8c751655569a43e3be14097208d45893713b64814e3cf01cb2c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 424377 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
d874b473b1386cb7a1c52f579d9d87a1bc07f06f3c26d37eb5d0db2c20e8f366
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 642 long base64-like blob(s).