Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30e0e9762aaefbfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.9 KB
MD5: 38dec8bbd665149635b0604a1b624ad1 SHA-1: e678d8acbc5186a5983201afeb5c676fa4b1ee96 SHA-256: 30e0e9762aaefbfcf7d9d7bf5b1ae30b3fb94aab8659bf7668304436385834bc
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including ClamAV's detection of 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject'. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0036_000.js', is likely responsible for the malicious behavior. The obfuscated nature of the script prevents a detailed analysis of its specific actions, but it is highly probable that it attempts to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0036_000.js
36d2a93f014c87fbd658f4399e9c12404e029f55e5aa201fd3b7311fd8dafcdc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 36 at offset 0xA6 16105 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).