MALICIOUS
166
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The PDF_LAUNCH and PDF_EVAL heuristics, along with the critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541', strongly suggest that the embedded JavaScript is malicious. This script is likely designed to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF viewer to download and execute a secondary payload, as evidenced by the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' finding. The specific JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0027_000.js' is also flagged as suspicious.
Heuristics 7
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
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Launch action high PDF_LAUNCHPDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.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)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 |
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javascript_obj0027_000.jsb90bcce1f03ab384792bc825596a0114c97f1494044298b43ef014d3e6236777 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 | 15657 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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