PDF malware analysis — malicious · e3c956c27a4a5dea

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB

MD5: 7ced1cb6e1bae590f3c60a34e68a5c95 SHA-1: 0e29b34c65866226e6a04a7c91d3d554fc99b7cf SHA-256: e3c956c27a4a5dea0c97bc73717bd4c5dcfc1e480264d88280d7a2362db70974

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with eval() calls and String.fromCharCode usage, indicating obfuscated code execution. The presence of a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager further suggests a complex exploitation mechanism. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload via these JavaScript techniques.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `48910dde78dfa9f0dc1d56d7f90ecc8d23a2389d0e193e82dc55deef958bd4b4`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	625642 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).

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