Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1cf17268b35ffaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.8 KB
MD5: f8b88913225e17bd45c84651eac14953 SHA-1: 3d3ab0be10ea3966b9f6a92de1f60ad092299e93 SHA-256: f1cf17268b35ffaf58da4c3461bb8710886a4d8015092fa8d5ccd609860c1ad7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This JavaScript is designed to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the 'eval()' call and 'String.fromCharCode' usage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the download and execution of a second-stage payload. The specific ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' is included as a primary IOC.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
8b549fd21941748f4e1d4cd28e015ad38bc712406973ab55a564bde90be1bf4b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425803 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).