Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd41150cdf81b73b…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: a88cffa76b3399262e8b03d39e25b5df SHA-1: e3e1d97d30e2723c7ac63d0965e20810ac43fa5f SHA-256: cd41150cdf81b73be053382cfbb2d68209abaced2ac379566c978ca7ad5f0202
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The deobfuscated JavaScript stream, 'acroform_b64_00.js', likely contains code designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode' suggests obfuscation techniques were employed to hide the malicious script's true functionality. The extracted file names also point to JavaScript artifacts.

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
3f078a6b16071b3e36c411c9736f0bf954485c4e4026813c48c924d80daa4471
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6409 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
6f8fb9c03e195bae47570810f1c1a337349db8da83390ee789464bbfee0c5328
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3653 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).