Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d2be1e3ad0b3673…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.0 KB
MD5: 6f021504623eca3f2d92c561274e30d5 SHA-1: 9c53ccf1e3df41d2d36f86b0034b6779512e978c SHA-256: 2d2be1e3ad0b3673c9f7b6132dc7eb21a74ed0d18a0d4e919c18b9ab0e374988
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical ClamAV heuristic 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' and the 'PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER' heuristic indicate that this PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified by 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS', is likely responsible for executing the exploit and downloading a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'eval stager' finding. The file's purpose is to deliver and execute malware.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
4b5013ebe77f1a4aa1050e418e42e88bad9dbb33a99525235f115a371d921fbd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x31F5 331 bytes