Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee8a5c6c27ff7ba8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: 90eb2e0ca6f770ad1b3d9f60493982c9 SHA-1: 5d733b544370c2f61112f64a3d777632ccf9489f SHA-256: ee8a5c6c27ff7ba81bf3c32bbfddecf0281142ada2053d1d10c06670e62cae89
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, as indicated by multiple PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL suggests the JavaScript is obfuscated and designed to execute arbitrary code. ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a PDF vulnerability to run this JavaScript, which is likely a stager for downloading additional malicious content.

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
63ed77a14125d23563633fd2ef138abd4fabdda71230538cd517bc0b4e190bb5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425279 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).