Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf59aad3136539e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 6fe9826296a5ba989889c61f695aad78 SHA-1: c46383dcdaa300c0dba18099e53bf8ef658c7f69 SHA-256: bf59aad3136539e622f5529090fcb009f23b6a51bf4cb9e6a3cbef833e2f87bb
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER'. The 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristic indicates it's a known malicious PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for executing the exploit and potentially downloading a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Dropped' designation in the ClamAV detection name. No specific IOCs were extracted beyond the presence of the JavaScript.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
b8668a8155624268d55e42c2fc74aff7013156d8dbbdb8bb95c02b7bab599065
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x3120 331 bytes