Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4d5fb29fdd0c9f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: b6eae13dcf410e8a7f768c61bd856f5a SHA-1: eea2b16c2eaf850f72a67ede548cc72586bc617c SHA-256: e4d5fb29fdd0c9f6c3df3eed8f2abf0900425f71f74ff4fa8cd61455ed78dad9
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a vulnerability within the PDF reader via the embedded JavaScript, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

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
fce377772bb8130a5e47f807fae5250b0a658d7f68b83444d4287f54bc1d7519
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626631 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).