Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f61436310f31450c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 6204d598882c9d8bdf9bf5b28b71e9c9 SHA-1: ba6057e6ce98fe7ae3f1d48cb7717be68f56c725 SHA-256: f61436310f31450cc54823574c3ba63cfb50a45197d9d929655a6339671cc321
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript, including calls to eval() and String.fromCharCode(), indicating obfuscation. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7324569-0' detection name. No specific family could be identified, but the dropper functionality is clear.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7324569-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7324569-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
6f0af3c43a325699425925eee1b11461692cdf3989a2c8af7e5cffa3b3fab1c2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6317 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
c14b0f20eafd7cabbb2e871e53ff1ec2a1751d050901678213df0eb41886ec28
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3585 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).