Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c77ad7d51893f31f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

22.4 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00 Authoring application: String.fromCharCode
MD5: 5557a347e22f37f9dcabc30e13d220c2 SHA-1: ca2d7025ebeab3c1adfd5bb84059bc72897fa536 SHA-256: c77ad7d51893f31f9420232750025755c1db2ef6a233e0068b141999487a05ff
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_FROMCHARCODE. The high-severity PDF_EVAL firing suggests the JavaScript is being executed, likely to download and run a secondary payload. The presence of a JavaScript object file further supports this. The reconstructed IOC 'eval()' is a key indicator of dynamic code execution.

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.
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
0868f4a1503727a2945839b177750c9d0f51f72001e61dea0e0a3fd62f4230a6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA 507 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).