Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7811b4c1ee931eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.1 KB
MD5: 0571e5d2e7ac469d70edf36e6f199c72 SHA-1: 09678cf40a6c537b2a1f94352c0dd2ffe454e4e5 SHA-256: d7811b4c1ee931eb6a839ddd6ab860aedac4e0199b35bf26903ac0ac23462abd
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE firings suggest that the JavaScript is obfuscated and uses eval() to execute, a common technique for downloading and running additional payloads. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj74836_000.js' is also flagged as suspicious due to script obfuscation. The lack of readable document body text means the primary indicators are the embedded script and associated heuristics.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj74836_000.js
3440188792136313d5c9a7bd0f9506e368635399da3cd600cada6340e5a5f2e4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 74836 at offset 0x134 8353 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).