Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5765b16c47e5e025…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB
MD5: 77e7fd1eda6b2b33b0b7a8e3830279db SHA-1: f3c675badf5f94ccbc95c5d0973713716ac834ac SHA-256: 5765b16c47e5e025ee12eb18633a9fad6e5dcf12546bb4b737bd881fc4c12d21
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_FROMCHARCODE. The JavaScript streams, named javascript_obj111611_000.js and javascript_obj111612_001.js, are obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode calls further supports this conclusion.

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_obj111611_000.js
dffbd7de2c9ff9e90a0dda5e7b531b2304cfbeafc7005a6add85a85797c8bc3c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x197 257 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111612_001.js
c8b45d9f6da7c606d8c3db218f4976316c22317fb4715d731d2d39fac90ad73c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111612 at offset 0x267 3282 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).