Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e8da99560bf25ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.5 KB Created: e1svrt Authoring application: Adsfgddfobe (via sfgasdfgsd)
MD5: 73d8ba018cee87a90463d885bcc65303 SHA-1: 5f50ab5c8f8a905e3cd68bcafaf44b5daf96451e SHA-256: 3e8da99560bf25efcb35bfedd9cdcc2deaf39a8ed9072a4bb518c56406f0b8f3
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_UNESCAPE firings suggests that the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely attempts to execute arbitrary code. The extracted JavaScript files, javascript_obj0015_000.js and javascript_obj0017_001.js, are suspicious artifacts. The obfuscated nature of the script prevents a definitive analysis of its exact payload, but the techniques used strongly indicate a downloader or dropper functionality.

Heuristics 5

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0015_000.js
9d70141af3a822acccc264ef07edff74fb35057902ba021de6dd368c8575e640
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 15 at offset 0x14F 251 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0017_001.js
eb38f21f9bedfa692973d5040fa72403c33e1b7416e5315eba9178a06cc6f506
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x32B3 269 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).