Malicious PDF / .CGI — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 599d48b82fb3a59a…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .CGI

15.0 KB
MD5: 323de9e6375b4c36b7c7e18403f32769 SHA-1: 8deef40f889e0ffac48436b01be9f25747d6dd0a SHA-256: 599d48b82fb3a59ad413d241dd5940d8c02d1368d0fc429f68b5f9c31218c441
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript stream that is heavily obfuscated, as indicated by the PDF_UNESCAPE heuristic. ClamAV also flagged this file as Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject. The primary function of the embedded JavaScript appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery. Due to the obfuscation, the exact download URL or execution method could not be definitively determined.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
7935aec278956bd3a1c5d4c5ba6cd0f2febd1e3632ca9cfe8d51d88c95b23dde
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1A3 15777 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).