Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee5d1927221bdcb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 1383b53a88d2a0e4c5452c4ec7dfaaba SHA-1: 6c083f33deb78b0e9de6b669753435d5e21d3e8a SHA-256: ee5d1927221bdcb30a751483ad9dcd30821f5555a82b541f5830f4b10d19ec9c
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristic firings. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL suggests the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely acts as a stager. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms malicious intent. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a secondary payload, consistent with common PDF-based malware delivery techniques.

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
ac278194b9e2aad21e49fdd627754aa12774b78eaac6d78ce857ecac05ccaac7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627251 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).