Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2244cfc17b52dc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: a88ebe495bb74aaeead9e95a00fb21d2 SHA-1: 35b6e85d5386c1476d24068e8ae3715a91d0ff80 SHA-256: f2244cfc17b52dc825847efbc7deea17421b8c1dd1ab43db76cfae07e67fa40a
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode. ClamAV detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086, indicating a known exploit. The JavaScript likely serves as a stager to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact mechanism is obscured.

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
35b65cbb7463c954e027a8ed091695fa1f913e0b8704628b6a7a466ae8c2b95a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627810 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).