Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b3054feac7d3052d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB
MD5: 3026894cb42c036602e18674be0121b6 SHA-1: 6473577945250b08803d0d9733471e6963f05805 SHA-256: b3054feac7d3052d3df6aa8baaa2d8df7d4acc29b18c8a7f96d618cc9ee50cba
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_EVAL. The presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode() suggests obfuscated JavaScript code designed to execute arbitrary commands. This script likely downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The lack of readable document body text and the reliance on obfuscated scripts prevent a more specific family attribution.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111711_000.js
2d0e1efdfa6110385aac29417e1a9d65e8e7ccab9271cd5a5863752fe736691a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 372 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111712_001.js
4ffea3c7fc92792d64cf6ba955147224d78936835ba9388c6e4f1d8a76bff7b3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x248 2958 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).