PDF / .DAT malware analysis — malicious · ce70cc7298d1e914

MALICIOUS

PDF / .DAT

244.6 KB

MD5: 133879da1b551b9a4a960c59f88aea96 SHA-1: 50f08ef41a6541b6f92863e7c798bdd2db7613ae SHA-256: ce70cc7298d1e9148596643f8c815c43e753a7390ada188b783c1116202f237b

180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains a critical PDF_LAUNCH heuristic firing, indicating a launch action. This action targets cmd.exe with parameters that suggest the execution of an embedded script. The script itself is identified as a suspicious artifact, further supporting the conclusion that the document is designed to execute malicious code. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a command-line script, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Heuristics 4

Launch action critical PDF_LAUNCH

PDF contains a /Launch action whose target is an executable, URL, or UNC path — can start an external application
/Launch action target: cmd.exe critical PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND

PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target with parameters '/c echo Set fso=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"' — references a known-dangerous executable (cmd, PowerShell, etc.).
Embedded script payload in PDF stream high PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD

PDF stream bytes contain script execution markers such as ActiveXObject/CreateObject, WScript.Shell, PowerShell, or shell-exec primitives. This is stronger than ordinary PDF JavaScript because it indicates a staged external script payload hidden in stream bytes.
Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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
`embedded_pdf_script_0003cc93.bin` `410a8e9505724c29a786302dff8eda49ab800374c9b061170f9f0efd50bc553c`	pdf-embedded-script	PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x3CC93	248911 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 shell/COM execution token(s).

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