Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1de8ac4f10183f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 7a3d4818ade50cb8164fdaed3cf4b42d SHA-1: b9a95914d6fdf42f5d1923202408302855f01423 SHA-256: f1de8ac4f10183f7f6d755ecc4d2e328198e498cec2baca08bad27d82b25e57a
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple high-severity heuristic firings related to JavaScript execution, including eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. ClamAV also detected it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The embedded JavaScript stream, while obfuscated, strongly suggests an attempt to download and execute further malicious content, a common technique for initial access or payload delivery.

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
e97dad105f4bb43232fcb2d78cf7a829a95f679d7d3b2a92436db5c823791e76
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626731 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).