Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 854bd5e7027a42ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.7 KB
MD5: 964be649095aeae013d535166c0a35c7 SHA-1: e06a5f905cea60616e78508fc28843a4da3a001b SHA-256: 854bd5e7027a42eda1107c51d314d9d4923935c9984bf5ad4e9fa625829c6d18
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript/TypeScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is obfuscated and uses eval() to execute code. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' suggests it's a known exploit dropper. The JavaScript likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload, contributing to the malicious nature of the document.

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
c28effae366bd4b2a63fe29aea090a07947ae4e73aa9efc1cf87e16e006e7288
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x394A 144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).