Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea4fd302db11aa9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 198ead4f32cba69357a7ed962330fd96 SHA-1: 39bf0d2ad1967a6adc98ee8bfdc2ec5807f23def SHA-256: ea4fd302db11aa9ef64fe3a458a86b4ea0b3549a5a2f201489ad5405b0059491
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This indicates the file is designed to execute malicious code. The presence of `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` within the JavaScript stream strongly suggests code obfuscation and dynamic execution, typical of exploit stagers that download and run further payloads. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature.

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
806530ab9cccfc845f4f723a398a335ebe15704986e0b2eee6a119a438a95e3a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626924 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).