Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f32432ff6297eadf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 5a804b1bec82cfffe5e273c4bbdc2ce2 SHA-1: cd89ca66aebf98f9deef5555bb565e036a4f7fd6 SHA-256: f32432ff6297eadfb2aee3c4432d6dced91f6815e67832a25d7015389b44fac2
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a high-severity heuristic for a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager'. This indicates the script is designed to obfuscate and execute malicious code. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature. The script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, although the specific URL or payload could not be reconstructed due to obfuscation.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
e365ff1112a0691d10d0f9435def0452227785bd5c26a5359a97e8e6e7a65bfa
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626923 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).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
0b1d0d67f49f232a844a1d56fb23ad35676f38058b94a4850e04c4d1e66b146e
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 538 long base64-like blob(s).