Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 910fbbda3d872fe2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.2 KB
MD5: 68cd596015626672df077f5d2d1fdb28 SHA-1: 5aaab726731951992462a62264cb1af03b7080d8 SHA-256: 910fbbda3d872fe2412853db7f7cd7c52b2b39169abe0991e37134993196a88f
128 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_EVAL. The ClamAV detection for Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject further supports its malicious nature. The JavaScript likely attempts to de-obfuscate and execute a payload, as suggested by the use of eval() and String.fromCharCode. The differential parser failure also points to intentional 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
c2de82a619c8f41f01e6d9639a763bd07b10bea7428747ddd33cf083958f6871
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x15A 20087 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0005_001.js
1327ac061947decd95dd7384fea838a7957c61d9f836745d1c0d504203159f12
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x15A 45 bytes