Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b26833cc3bb69fe7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.5 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 247091b31bb4edaff979ba305523c021 SHA-1: 1835a8b5763942a399378f54db228a601a385386 SHA-256: b26833cc3bb69fe76330dd497c48581ffb2fbe530ee7cfedadcd66132d80d372
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream includes an eval() call and uses String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscation. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The presence of these indicators and the extracted JavaScript file name point to a malicious PDF designed for payload delivery.

Heuristics 5

  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
c1bc10bad3928a3f65ed5c8986a8f3e424ba1e9f7be9524ac4351df2e59d9e34
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D7 14226 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).