Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4d21a7b6ec2e490…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 94f51759f83183587a409dfa69cd4b8f SHA-1: 18a796608882dd295899474c6c708e5076f1477d SHA-256: e4d21a7b6ec2e4907d58c7149aa91aa81311fd4257fceb08a24c311d55be9e5b
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, with multiple heuristics indicating obfuscated code and the use of eval() and String.fromCharCode. A critical ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is an exploit delivery mechanism. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' is the primary artifact associated with the malicious behavior.

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
2b4c948578537ef035ea517b1c7a3d8e14fa1fba45071b33bb97fce5822d1388
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626608 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).