PDF malware analysis — malicious · e0016f4a3856eaa9

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB

MD5: cf260ab6abf8494b87d4413dbfce9b8b SHA-1: ac8afcb30719726f3c52c0326bf17dd460a79950 SHA-256: e0016f4a3856eaa98c324a7198c1d437a69b640ade6aeb71221b3b7a03189faa

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()`. High-confidence heuristics indicate a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further supports its malicious nature as an exploit agent.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `282bf096c73b92cf79f5598dbfe0b30082b835a415d68d4b0176417654bfcab4`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627948 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` `644b86f37628e5b5da8cfb2189c1849c6ae3dfe3c897d9c27ccd0b50f86d2eb9`	deobfuscated-js	double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143	262144 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 606 long base64-like blob(s).

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