PDF malware analysis — malicious · cba78d49737ce777

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB Created: 2008-31-20 53:85:00 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)

MD5: 207b863dbf754d6614106b927071ecba SHA-1: ae88ddfb242e75ec9b8aa22f61dc39082ae97532 SHA-256: cba78d49737ce77745d5ca155c04933733109adeff4fd99ddf6778b4338dfdfc

66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', appears to be obfuscated and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The confidence is moderate due to the obfuscation making precise analysis of the script's ultimate goal difficult.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0013_001.js` `6c9a97d503c94706611444bbcea4bfd842c72c4ce5bce082bb6439f9f4051fa6`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x3D2	12550 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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