Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24b2dcfbecb4b59e…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: 285550aadc6ef4246133a542bfb6c26c SHA-1: c04b239f867f2396f3ceee40b6d6bef60e1b84a4 SHA-256: 24b2dcfbecb4b59ed55a8cc8cde7abd00a26bbfe16ec560e3350a294d5f8a35a
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The deobfuscated JavaScript stream (acroform_b64_00.js) likely contains code to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode() suggests obfuscation techniques commonly used to hide malicious JavaScript. The extracted artifacts are JavaScript files, further supporting the attack pattern.

Heuristics 5

  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
d3ab744a2bd558d5faeaf2193968b768d9fb820ddcccb6d1c1e16e554248c606
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6341 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
7419c9ab2de5d8b0d4e0863d5db8c162a127f66cd05529c406deaceececc6beb
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3601 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).