Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf948405f13be6da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.2 KB
MD5: b174f7e6107c38f8aeba1f50368228fc SHA-1: 1a38a981dc6902ff02f987cc2c58ebcd3df7e7bb SHA-256: bf948405f13be6da67dcfbe5b55ac0699976ff122bfea33d5049f5c7ee8526b4
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is obfuscated and uses an unescape() function, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings. ClamAV also flagged this as a suspicious PDF. The embedded JavaScript is the primary indicator of malicious activity, likely serving as a downloader or initial execution vector for a secondary payload.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
b1fa3cd906e9af37d7044084c27e6d3dd714e2b81a0b243681e1f2ac64b16d89
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1AA 1953 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).