Malicious PDF / .MLW — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32df0d9c3e418516…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .MLW

3.9 KB
MD5: d3a84738d1b98ec608d5f710093cc7af SHA-1: d5349dae6328ea5f7d3413f3d7ae465aa34163e0 SHA-256: 32df0d9c3e418516b3564b80894378cb670edbd69857afb36ff9512d34ca0b30
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_FROMCHARCODE. ClamAV also flagged it as Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0031_000.js', is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The obfuscation suggests an attempt to evade detection.

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_obj0031_000.js
9122e5d6dcabd6189964613109f4f0c92c1cbe6a7d5df097ee5c3356f44d357d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 31 at offset 0x4B 16105 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).