Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcf28b5ac8d126fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: 55536127c89263a2371b1fd77b68d39d SHA-1: 2c701f7444d853363ca02bc99d8ffc1d12598628 SHA-256: dcf28b5ac8d126fa48064e926347cf8bacf121afbb09c36aa146e57e2898f9e8
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The deobfuscated JavaScript stream (acroform_b64_00.js) suggests the script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode() calls points to obfuscation techniques commonly used to hide malicious intent. Due to the obfuscation and lack of specific indicators, the exact family is unknown.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
16bf6b04be183aa7e328a7e04c2661268eee6f0b3bffd733fe2d86fcf7d3a3c0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6357 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
9767208f9653b9decc0f7bb5ceb682c62b28952c0c7433327066c767b0b3f08a
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3613 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).