PDF malware analysis — malicious · e116f0eab94ad967

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB

MD5: fe109f480dae3a879d6e25b2176558dc SHA-1: affd2606d3df67e7d99c46b9484d3bc2f980344a SHA-256: e116f0eab94ad9674f399b4d428becf91276d471fcd2432af9ec6006dd0a10a9

126 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 Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The JavaScript stream, identified as javascript_obj0076_000.js, is obfuscated and uses String.fromCharCode and eval() to execute its payload. ClamAV detection confirms this as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94, suggesting it's a dropper for further malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves exploiting vulnerabilities within the PDF reader via this obfuscated JavaScript.

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0076_000.js` `c28effae366bd4b2a63fe29aea090a07947ae4e73aa9efc1cf87e16e006e7288`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x38E6	144 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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