Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0bee3add9966a33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: b285b6044bbea78eb6c2a254faeef18f SHA-1: 184cbd43100fe19a6f28be0a220c340c9951df1d SHA-256: e0bee3add9966a337b03f871d9210e083ebbfda01e31c5ea3b61edfe4c3d43ca
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL'. The presence of 'PDF_EVAL' and 'PDF_FROMCHARCODE' suggests the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely performs malicious actions. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is the primary indicator of malicious activity, likely serving as a stager for further payload 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
de81870e4b6514501a8ff5ef45365af89a9b10a35987d97a6156842a4fd1cdf5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626581 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).