Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eec90819467b6fe0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: tvEeSFCPx (via NeTSnrx)
MD5: 4f22f04860d82695759eb4122e6fa2e1 SHA-1: d54d96f6c37ad9d9c7f7051a2dd9224543a498f8 SHA-256: eec90819467b6fe0f4140ac192576d2cb0a7794906ea961bf8e0db26908a9fb6
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes obfuscation techniques, including eval() and unescape() calls. The presence of these functions strongly suggests the script is designed to deobfuscate and execute malicious code, likely downloading and running a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection ID 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14538' further confirms its malicious nature. The obfuscated nature of the script prevents a more detailed analysis of its specific actions.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14538 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14538
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
9bb620463b1e79bfbb5ffeaf17a0e76e91c711a20335115ca8a4d29c4cb52e1a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
9fe83eb85a3999b0169dd0dd11577ec1bdaf1f926956ae4844ef147f9fd09a64
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35039 bytes