Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f36be6a171cd00c…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.0 KB
MD5: 0729bdbf67caa22efa03adc21c6caaf7 SHA-1: 14142a6e19ba8d1c902bcd7ec8afaafb15457bee SHA-256: 4f36be6a171cd00cc486fe36193d99c1035b597c6c95d846440ca922193036dd
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of a PDF_EVAL heuristic firing suggests that the JavaScript code is obfuscated and uses eval() to execute, a common technique for malicious scripts. The extracted JavaScript files, 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', are likely responsible for the malicious functionality. The script obfuscation and eval() usage strongly suggest the script's intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
42a7d405bd7039a9b1e5bf2ada7c47e404aa1301114e6897c5a0c7fcabd84788
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6269 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
b5e5b2afdfee54e245d10ca29846a14075428e9899a82e94e4924fb80bf4c390
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3548 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).