Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d65196228d23cb66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.1 KB Created: 2010-03-15 03:18:29 Authoring application: q6atQBNol (via JsvRAhohq)
MD5: 8dcfb5e4f9a9455cabfecbd3736ee994 SHA-1: fec2e8a97e589676b131ca6053f242ebf53c04b9 SHA-256: d65196228d23cb6611cc2c5709f4f75d72d20a665469b453055dcc44b792ef3b
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 a high-confidence PDF_EVAL call. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload. No document body text was available for analysis, and the extracted JavaScript file name is javascript_obj0007_000.js.

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_obj0007_000.js
659a05317b631b0b582f14b621eb9f66d8bbdfbb47ea9769589c2e33c3ea7ad4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x238 16252 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).