Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6dfdc59717a70dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 322d1e4c5f7b24f65b419ac608c460c7 SHA-1: b0c2a9c8030ac421b1734dbbd652b14ef9334525 SHA-256: f6dfdc59717a70ddc6920c3a584f73240a35abdc6dd049706fdd466ee801540b
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests this is a known exploit. The embedded JavaScript, although large and potentially obfuscated, is the primary mechanism for exploitation. The likely intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086
  • 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
aa3d98bb91e37e1a5546803cab90c06b6d3445dc7d4e8b50dd31c6df7288c54d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 137519 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).