PDF malware analysis — malicious · e52b3c264fbbe3f8

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.4 KB

MD5: d6a792df6dc798dddf48a968d45db8de SHA-1: 7de7e06969440b005246830d316958101a524529 SHA-256: e52b3c264fbbe3f8468ab24707c8dcc54426355d545b08fed44f71c4de4efa8d

196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristics confirm its malicious nature, with ClamAV identifying it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The presence of 'eval()' calls and a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager' suggests the script is designed to deobfuscate and execute a secondary payload. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' further supports this, pointing to a complex JavaScript execution chain.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `b2b9f646e0f971eb0a77010d7aa28de54728a9df46f47fec13a5922dd8695b8a`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627457 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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