Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4a8834fe7fd51b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: e29b57327d7aa7a0c24d71995e394e37 SHA-1: 63722892c9f2bf455bdbef3d65189410a5d80a13 SHA-256: e4a8834fe7fd51b19a6aa13be627f6b7465af08b8d3d264144700fc4403cc293
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL'. The presence of 'PDF_EVAL' and 'String.fromCharCode' suggests code obfuscation and dynamic execution. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly indicates a known exploit. The ML classifier also flagged this as highly malicious. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging JavaScript within the PDF to trigger an exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
4f0c8ea350d421ef9cd39d7525d5a726a808e2364e46ecfb74109bcd65e2c907
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626971 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).