Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f7065e2485dc2ab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 9b51626c34e0f2b5e540374c45ea7b83 SHA-1: 9454f1182197476ccb4b7bd3803c48f50f5c7062 SHA-256: f7065e2485dc2ab36f048a4d5552a5b2797b63361a3b18a12373183424c23cd7
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086). Static analysis detected multiple JavaScript-related heuristics, including eval() calls and a large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager. These indicate the PDF likely contains obfuscated JavaScript designed to exploit a vulnerability or download a secondary payload. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams further supports this. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics strongly suggest an exploit delivery mechanism.

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
55eaa7b895e21097e8bbd1874c9cf1c85ae450b373f86fb1c5d6d605d3eb3242
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626632 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).