Malicious PDF / .MLW — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59365b9be3a6cc5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .MLW

3.9 KB
MD5: 817d27f629cecd7ca115fdc25bbd5d65 SHA-1: 3677243b568d5d557bd47f06b67304fb6ded3709 SHA-256: 59365b9be3a6cc5e9408e389c56cb61f51c71037d8f6b53bda4d68193038fc26
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_FROMCHARCODE. ClamAV also flagged it as Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject. The embedded JavaScript file, javascript_obj0031_000.js, is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. Due to the obfuscation, the exact nature of the payload and its execution method cannot be definitively determined, leading to a lower confidence score.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0031_000.js
c40cadff6c03394c1ec5712fd8f5676a267815203ebea7d560be1b3923cdb7f2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 31 at offset 0xE7 16105 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).