Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f02f3343de631095…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 18c4e49169e46684f575d53ad7ec2d7c SHA-1: 1707629c17f8e17655ef68d8ee56a5cc9af16dc0 SHA-256: f02f3343de631095a514c5496ec17c1d5c95e0a9e402f4bb4e2d493cb3212249
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, with high-confidence heuristics indicating obfuscated code and an eval() call. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' ClamAV detection. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams within the PDF points towards a common delivery mechanism for malware.

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
b18179c8cb68dd1f9adff2455da03b74d31836a28e323e4f22c015ea93698792
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626639 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).