Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8d90254f85ecafa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

173.5 KB
MD5: b42a5388334500c8e9fd50c8efd13d01 SHA-1: 18653883840f8461febd784d74cad5d674901059 SHA-256: d8d90254f85ecafad6dfaa0a6785120990cc60aead8452f24411301d7375d353
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The embedded JavaScript file 'javascript_obj0014_000.js' is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' heuristic. The ClamAV detection further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0014_000.js
8edb9b6ba139690f7a521e87d449da0c21a5428b646565f9316db160b5004707
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 14 at offset 0x46A 176000 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).