PDF malware analysis — malicious · f23ecc3d252274ae

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB

MD5: 326f6d170746c70965e63529b765513d SHA-1: 55fe66b653920a71d6113b80cd7253008dff147c SHA-256: f23ecc3d252274aea444c863676b3d737c52382a2ff63bf082b8cc2d75058dd6

166 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 indicates the file is designed to execute malicious code. The presence of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode' functions within the JavaScript stream strongly suggests code obfuscation and dynamic execution, typical of downloaders or exploit stagers. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting PDF vulnerabilities to run this script, which likely leads to the download and execution of further malicious content.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `fb5413375ffaa9e5ee125ed9ab18904a8f453f520841ac498e425af237ece82f`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143	627294 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).

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