Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5614cc10f9fa021a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 550f482852f5d53ad6abe26e91e71356 SHA-1: e02e93168b88df4c94fe287c0ac31c2788f3718d SHA-256: 5614cc10f9fa021a213b44eeeaf3aa53109f73bdc9d26d271b148bd97fcea9a6
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE firings suggest that the JavaScript is obfuscated and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode() to execute arbitrary code. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' is likely the source of this obfuscated script. The primary function of this script appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
e0c685226a9617c833b2f005895cce9661bfebcd2b7ef7df076a37a7b647afc2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D2 12570 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).