Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8c6592464aa6549…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 4deef447e9102b5b59e686b458869f52 SHA-1: 1e13544c5b7f2bfbb08fddad8fd801913447600d SHA-256: f8c6592464aa65498195fa482cc13b4fb1e146d5643a217d5bcad421a770d69a
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including a large comment-padded eval stager. This JavaScript is heavily obfuscated and uses techniques like eval() and String.fromCharCode(), indicating an attempt to hide malicious code execution. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the heuristic 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager'. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' further confirms its malicious nature.

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
dc908388f0c55d0f0b69b438a04cde840baee577da1a91560e0084a146fe75ed
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627913 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
9774540332e93c3d7cd7e589df27e0b73aa971152157f2e51c5ac8096c27ce99
deobfuscated-js double percent-decoded annotation JavaScript at offset 0x143 262116 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 534 long base64-like blob(s).