PDF malware analysis — malicious · e923a3d9f00a854c

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.2 KB

MD5: a4c73f4ee9359cb979f36f45d74fb7f7 SHA-1: f54c583501b50fd35288bc6b26f85978e69d3b36 SHA-256: e923a3d9f00a854cf3c3bf0b93335fed53f9076e3143fa0b353d53527787d441

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_UNESCAPE. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098' strongly suggests a known exploit. The JavaScript, particularly the use of eval() and unescape(), is characteristic of obfuscation techniques used to hide malicious code. This code likely attempts to download and execute a secondary payload, a common tactic for PDF-based malware delivery.

Heuristics 7

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36098
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111611_000.js` `e1ab3bbf30605cecdce6db9d2556198626dbb178f7a4cb471a9436bb6e8bd92f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x790	462 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `42efac97f741af3a41da37b45fab9ef4fa5061d5c77af93772ff06e5c30be7ac`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x189	2822 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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