Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fe89360b36a9f1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: tvEeSFCPx (via NeTSnrx)
MD5: bb9dbb92dfbf16748a09302335210716 SHA-1: 4d13ddc0a5c1871dc31b296a5468306368a44ae8 SHA-256: 3fe89360b36a9f1c8657d1c62b472986043fea772ac70a57bc04b1909a3e19d0
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, with high-confidence heuristics indicating the use of eval() and unescape() for obfuscation. The JavaScript likely attempts to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader or download a second-stage payload. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript and the use of eval/unescape are common techniques for delivering malware via malicious documents.

Heuristics 5

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
a6871a09d83b4deaf4ab7220ee16e9d35e05786273e61267f776cbac1010aae1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
7ef1a61dd31deeaf94c89e8bf74439891e6bd0fd16ace02fc25373c90865092f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35039 bytes