Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e64bcffaa8ff4103…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 7a23c3800eae69299d745c0a8ec23a72 SHA-1: 2400f395ec0206f827db282bd1822b12cc7a8feb SHA-256: e64bcffaa8ff4103eafe0f1a2b03ef30cd3c0a18b9e4d337695e788b09c43258
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', 'PDF_EVAL', and 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the 'eval()' calls and the presence of large, obfuscated JS streams. The document body is unreadable, but the technical indicators point to a malicious exploit delivery mechanism.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
3ca6cd6254fe8c25209fe6e706ad18780af742f8dbde8108975dc21c7acf5db4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627103 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
10c51d79a9b35dba265fe45d534f530f072f2e5896d6469779f7cb2a1312ab06
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262116 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 547 long base64-like blob(s).