Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 323de0b7ffb801f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

922 B
MD5: 204401d470feb7314f10789d30a8d2af SHA-1: b9c753917e28104e4da657fd93865b39a155530e SHA-256: 323de0b7ffb801f93c419f7041028d25060b7d49c8e2bc20ddd4245241cb0123
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is obfuscated and uses functions like unescape() and String.fromCharCode(). This script is designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of these indicators strongly suggests a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 5

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0005_000.js
ec48892fe9bdfefaac2f48a3b23ff9285cc2c3c2ee5ea2df914e2bfaa7eb8d57
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x156 547 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).