Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7754bcbf0e5454f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

602 B
MD5: 710835cfec479c2669392e8baaf64f3a SHA-1: a508b5dd946358fb8f1e2b878b09e34ebb85d0aa SHA-256: d7754bcbf0e5454fc31327dcae401a6e937638833cc2acdf06233d3f830c0bab
98 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, suggesting obfuscation and dynamic code execution. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0009_000.js' is likely the payload. This pattern is consistent with a malicious PDF designed to download and execute further stages of malware.

Heuristics 5

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • 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_obj0009_000.js
4f363a85d56f1a4ac73841245ba43e0997267f06361bab678b91dfdeaa7f3b50
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x1B3 49 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).