Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b618b0fc94732c75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.0 KB Created: 2010-12-07 23:31:08 +02:00 Authoring application: Bad Credit Loan (via mPDF 5.0)
MD5: 9088f2d60ff8174a1979895a5b4afd4d SHA-1: 424feaea3c58fcf1239da7b57f8d11c4aef3d3a8 SHA-256: b618b0fc94732c7555a3c2acaa854bb70a982ed1241b83398a091ec0b011d960
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

The sample is a PDF file that contains embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate the use of JavaScript actions and unescape() calls, suggesting obfuscated code designed to execute malicious actions. The extracted JavaScript files, javascript_obj0034_000.js and javascript_obj0034_001.js, are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context on the lure.

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0034_000.js
357d06d70777f397a54fd04180a5ee36f36a8ec5c7cbbafdfab41f20901b25ac
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0xC736 136 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
javascript_obj0034_001.js
607a0753f2d28ea7a383d2e729ee9a1eeb69db22eafb74fa3e1d444ae047c123
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0xC736 134 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).