Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e1bfa8014d492141…

MALICIOUS

PDF

226.4 KB
MD5: 33ca6ab6b37474a8d0f81284a8ba00b3 SHA-1: fcb593ee02e89e3f8c44bd37765504caf3151d38 SHA-256: e1bfa8014d492141c961ace6028d87d430c9e401820ca5f83015c165e1c67b10
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The presence of `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` suggests obfuscated code execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run this script, which is likely designed to download and execute further malicious content.

Heuristics 6

  • 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)
  • 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
d26bd5769a5863df6538fa3f7f01ba2d63cd1b895f2e90ccf0a4ccbc9b30447c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 322740 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 10 long base64-like blob(s).