Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb3c353fbbd4ab0b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB
MD5: 379d626ba008c625aafe154cfc1baecd SHA-1: a6b0c1b27e9518598223f67e28d1beefb153a2e2 SHA-256: bb3c353fbbd4ab0be4bdcd3d558a6b1bdc1e4f9f694cf58d5c5697c6b7ae1f21
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream, specifically the one at offset 0x39F, utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscation and dynamic code execution. The extracted JavaScript files 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' are likely responsible for the malicious functionality. The primary intent appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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_obj0013_001.js
7ec6b61a9c02abbd6319b8dacf92376f5d6d80c16c3a417bd1d1f91817b072e1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6433 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
ecf671d50e563d3ff95a075e26bed655706026da852993e7541c5f3c064c9abb
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3671 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).