Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb253c7ef1b77ee8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB
MD5: bdebb874f81d735c37d31e8c3c9dbb03 SHA-1: cb8109153ad21b5deb4fdb48e0c71ed7575e32f1 SHA-256: fb253c7ef1b77ee8fbaba63356bbb7f0c2624f485fc7f5b0bfde59990a325d52
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, with multiple heuristics indicating the use of eval() and a large comment-padded eval stager. ClamAV detection confirms this as a malicious PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript is responsible for executing malicious code, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.

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
992c559fa53064beb9bea1f90c580235f05a2494d8d025d8b53892b1bb451fd1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 425313 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).