Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a2003b50c61eda0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB
MD5: 2926cf483d54db1fd04d354d700b1e47 SHA-1: 990e4193aa66436fb08c760dca24d82e20d5d02c SHA-256: 7a2003b50c61eda0b4f89dce54b557e643e58ddb53bc3c5e0129a1cda424ce1f
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple PDF-specific heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly 'javascript_obj0005_000.js', are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The ClamAV detection 'Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject' further supports the malicious nature of the file. The exact URL or execution method of the second stage could not be fully reconstructed due to obfuscation.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSEOF. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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_obj0005_000.js
b4aea003549e5d756a86f8c7b5454efbabde1c2f2ca9af2596720bc125e9f69c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x16A 39852 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0005_001.js
8da877518e9607c6176c13d44c38102294643e2a38f1ac399cd41660a31f3fa1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x16A 51 bytes