Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c3fd7808994374c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB
MD5: 2560880e13d85697d97cd3269f9ee16c SHA-1: 04c7c04a06d2524318335f8a24d7e6f252d171cf SHA-256: 2c3fd7808994374c9fddcdab08cef5041b96a521c434d9105a6c62f28f9c19b7
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream exhibits obfuscation and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode(), suggesting it's designed to execute arbitrary code. The presence of 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' as extracted artifacts further supports this. The primary intent appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though the exact mechanism is obscured.

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
f2900809bfd280f492222ab388171e3eea09e44243a1461d5b351627ee36f40a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6349 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
7504b0c43f1c132a9d38ac56195be654a1744c71ce1f174857aa6bea9731f8cb
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3607 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).