Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d673fc72ff3dbbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 9ea1504409df1501b2d424b88d9b5b77 SHA-1: 396519809a33030259243581b80baa44095aede8 SHA-256: 2d673fc72ff3dbbda5d6d36496cbc10475fbe230e43132ca9ece15106278e553
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious 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', suggests the script is designed to execute arbitrary code. The presence of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode' further supports the interpretation that the script is obfuscated and intended to perform malicious actions, likely downloading and executing a secondary payload. The extracted filenames 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' are included as IOCs.

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
84826ec4a6986de198a4ccbe035d17c58a090ac31e2cdb57327f9cdf5c60684e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6281 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
015246264f0309d64b24e3a748c31b792fe4b7af049187e0ffbc29773b3c0e33
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3558 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).