Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b7ea7d941d9945a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: 6fadaae8f5d1b83049286f14abf75fb7 SHA-1: afda955f4c3c8e341d05ab93f6f44d3e08db7aef SHA-256: 9b7ea7d941d9945a4e472737da218bc27f3ecfe6733f7a756d39801cfd15245d
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The 'PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER' heuristic suggests that the JavaScript is used to decode and execute further code, likely a stager for downloading a second-stage payload. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' confirms its malicious nature. No specific IOCs like URLs or hashes were extracted from the limited document body or scripts.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
aeb3e9e101741318033c1595923c44dcb865c7249b5ef5db34d0ea28be252b9b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x315B 331 bytes