Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0869c8d0db6d29b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.6 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: 4c563ec7ec5a9556841d1518849c66f6 SHA-1: fe2418594940e7acd9be109df9befe61b43eeb74 SHA-256: 0869c8d0db6d29b95f8245d2847b8c2a5de7a6bb6241b5ed1d4fe3543f0bfce5
256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode() for obfuscation, a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The script attempts to download a payload from the IP address '13.10.118.97'. This indicates the document is designed to exploit a client execution vulnerability and download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0027_000.js
51a603cd25bf947b759d8e47181002196d6fb4a78edd0cb1617c40b0fe2f7714
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 15640 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).