Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc1683dcc0b5fa27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: 812caa55391ddcf34bfb7b3b718780d9 SHA-1: 3029dbee6ffebc1b93e8bbd3c3e20c9b27290399 SHA-256: fc1683dcc0b5fa27157cb02e047945f507ca021c216ae8273bcc90b1d9f4aa50
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings (PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_FROMCHARCODE). ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086' strongly suggests exploitation of a known PDF vulnerability. The extracted JavaScript, although not directly visible in the provided output, is flagged as suspicious and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common attack vector for PDF exploits.

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
9d9655cb102f93259d3917f8a223383e678d03dd2eb0408a7cb32883116f1777
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).