PDF malware analysis — malicious · 237668d19ffeff1d

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.1 KB

MD5: bdfde473eba226f5b989e5006ba0c26d SHA-1: 6959622dd858bbaaa4a952b281f728d099c8ad71 SHA-256: 237668d19ffeff1dac2e32f9c29c74c396c5aaa63ac8c129ae782555b72433e5

106 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, PDF_UNESCAPE, and PDF_FROMCHARCODE. The JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj111611_000.js', is likely responsible for exploiting a PDF vulnerability to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of eval() and unescape() calls suggests obfuscation, making precise analysis of the script's ultimate goal difficult without dynamic execution, but the overall pattern points to a malicious downloader.

Heuristics 6

eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111611_000.js` `9864171cc4152f5d3e5671809dd40cebe1cf9319d0b8bfb0abd003cff50482db`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x763	332 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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