Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46d759a7c30df148…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.0 KB
MD5: 44ef6218cdafc8a0ca134b8505dd9cad SHA-1: baef7da98675eced8ba89cbb5ad414b77da0ac8c SHA-256: 46d759a7c30df148346fefb30f93ebeb3c3a6bf28e462f35c1b859df11c77435
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The presence of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode' suggests code obfuscation and dynamic execution. The extracted JavaScript files, 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The obfuscation and dynamic execution methods point towards a downloader or droppper functionality.

Heuristics 5

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
49e026bef3d4ced08a65a87a5d3f253f95cedb12adaf562af6455a1267a86998
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6353 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
b6595340e4dfdefa56a24651c71889548cf10d48e9ba80cf77e44034b0b5bff0
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3611 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 4 long base64-like blob(s).