Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83ea6ae28eb76faa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB
MD5: be90c69d33eeaaccc7266d1b5b0abe74 SHA-1: 0753d29ce6c50497ccf4e33fbdb1f60662dc4467 SHA-256: 83ea6ae28eb76faac273d694d126520c58c3c02836078e4f74e7d04ff385a7b0
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_UNESCAPE'. The presence of a 'Suspicious extracted artifact' with 'Script obfuscation indicators' further supports this. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0013_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The document body content is largely unreadable, providing no direct clues to the lure.

Heuristics 6

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
31d05310b707486a6decfeda16d2b6b0383885709ec8cfb3554d6ae5a264e0b1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 3979 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes