Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb3bf2772f0ee905…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.7 KB
MD5: 53e5348fd5047f7313d861008ab3e67d SHA-1: 971d98cbd10553ed8c7b3c1500233b33e492e6b9 SHA-256: fb3bf2772f0ee9053bc564bb47816ba70903e6956db45b3afea7ecf224c98785
166 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', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The presence of 'PDF_JS_LARGE_COMMENT_PADDED_EVAL' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' with the signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests that the JavaScript is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or download a secondary payload. The obfuscated nature of the JavaScript and the large size of the embedded script further support this assessment. The document body was not sufficiently readable to determine a specific lure.

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
66935828dd55bf5a1813ed3c180e6ba80b8509f4aa182381658a624dfd831ff6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 627047 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).