Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeb689798ea56eae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 1859a7aea9ec2b96230bc6eeec77883b SHA-1: 7456c7b46a230c5a45f512aa812e2e70cb6e5a13 SHA-256: eeb689798ea56eae7ccd3779978ca6e39fec3b409c4c938c5bdb2c23babbde07
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' heuristic suggests a stager pattern. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' confirms malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
68a3ea6ff5f81947862826ca5ca0c619f93b5713389039006e59cf6c276c44e9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627130 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).
stream_001_off0001d6d2.bin
73e46d92a884d69698d25f38730ce9a5d530890bbf6127834c79671840eccbf3
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D6D2 300 bytes