Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdb86de2ed2e521c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

118.6 KB
MD5: 9d7b75cf2c353b4f06b0d7de4ffc1899 SHA-1: 2c46f7cbb8738004744f36cdd9b53f1055173c0b SHA-256: fdb86de2ed2e521c8363147488dac24d26e3fca0f21a636b463d31442aa623c5
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains multiple heuristic firings indicating embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, including a high-confidence 'eval() call' and a 'Large comment-padded JavaScript eval stager'. ClamAV also detected this file as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36086'. The presence of these indicators strongly suggests the JavaScript is designed to download and execute a malicious second-stage payload. The exact URL or execution method could not be determined due to obfuscation.

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
4306a92a5522cd8885ded210b56ae4008c808ce6b19cb66c2e80d455e9739985
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x143 626508 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).