Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eee0dd3ff731b49c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB Created: 2008-07-26 19:43:58 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 71da6efc971360bebe9f96b811e8806a SHA-1: 4a8d6065eca30c3f92c8f04e6198c42116d5b69e SHA-256: eee0dd3ff731b49c9cc9e6ce57ad1e58e90b992e90b8a2c967fcc593084a51f0
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript with multiple obfuscation layers, including the use of eval() and string concatenation. Heuristics indicate a PDF JavaScript action and an embedded JS stream, with a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118. The script's obfuscated nature and the presence of eval() strongly suggest it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36118
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
017e1edb2428f97c2aaaaa86efaff6cd3af0d34274c9517a12cd429f469987b4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x336 13380 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).