Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb96a24f94748ed4…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: 49d86a5391007fcf7ef7e080c319890c SHA-1: 1f8ffa31c6c0e59330aee3c1ea1f4d6bd5e5f9a3 SHA-256: bb96a24f94748ed498b3de9abf1e1caa828587fad461b2039fb2d09e534714f5
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 presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE firings suggests that the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely used to execute arbitrary code. The deobfuscated JavaScript stream (acroform_b64_00.js) is suspicious and points towards a downloader or dropper functionality. No specific family could be identified, but the techniques used are common for initial access and 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
2080b9f3aaa39cd29ff834bac08fa4582237c0ae4286fb815326ab4acf1c53f5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6337 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
3f78448c6f8bb14b8967c6195004f5f0b47f38aff40a03d58f718810083f3289
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3600 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).