PDF malware analysis — malicious · ec73bab4ea12323b

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB

MD5: 5b8e8ea3a0a3c6a750ba4c6e786db77d SHA-1: 69090b4178cb03dab274f1e31df8a735b6e9506f SHA-256: ec73bab4ea12323be1694f12382cb3da484d0f9785148b26ac48a7caa4e67c6a

166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a high-severity 'eval()' call and a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager'. ClamAV identifies this as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The presence of JavaScript and the specific heuristic firings strongly indicate that the script is designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to download and execute a secondary payload. The exact nature of the payload cannot be determined from the provided evidence.

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` `c501060217f6c958d04e807cdb67f9502b0259b9e2f8f3d3fb5fcb7393dd400c`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	425559 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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