Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f00dd76f191b99a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.5 KB
MD5: 8442fb9d544519386fd595b1be23988c SHA-1: f9e8d8a56882847fb1007626795982f501abc2c1 SHA-256: f00dd76f191b99a870d87ef381de8897c78a4fcea754bb59996d2fa599f0e8c1
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086. Static analysis revealed multiple JavaScript-related heuristics, including eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. These indicate the presence of obfuscated JavaScript code within the PDF, which is commonly used to download and execute further malicious content. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' likely contains the core malicious script.

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
80ebe2150743aff4f301be24f31523f3ee975ca87ee015f0c7e0e48a7622cfc5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627429 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).