Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e144dc2d1a346bc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 5244b08ad5ebfdb6331b74d605475ec7 SHA-1: 114ad3a7fe6eff627765867c28d663a7527d3152 SHA-256: e144dc2d1a346bc428396a5b2692e990bc79972d97f91f4d77d66089a53df579
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode() functions. Heuristics indicate a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086, confirming its malicious nature. The primary IOC is the extracted JavaScript file.

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
4f29eff1c6bc75a0e69bd3211323dc7883fd72ecd96738e69f64cec7c174a509
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626612 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).