PDF malware analysis — malicious · e537a0d0f681646e

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.2 KB

MD5: 4e363f38afacca19f706516ff1741b7b SHA-1: f34ac8d126c36047a7e23940fd56b8fa16d1bf3f SHA-256: e537a0d0f681646eb52f16d25e1e1d746d18b4a653b27a5fe3a8fdecb0d8da2b

102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and a Flash object. The presence of `String.fromCharCode` in the decoded stream and the `PDF_JAVASCRIPT` and `PDF_JS` heuristics suggest that the embedded JavaScript is likely used to execute malicious code. The `PDF_RICHMEDIA` heuristic further indicates the presence of a Flash object, which could be used for exploit delivery. The extracted artifacts `embedded_file_obj0016.bin` and `javascript_obj0006_000.js` are highly suspicious and likely part of the malicious payload chain.

Heuristics 9

RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA

PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX

Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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.
Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED

PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0016.bin` `8f9c84c8c00bc62ae296a81fac6640aa852ea67548abc1bd639aa0da1a1696c4`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xE23	27347 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `acc357b630ad8aca37b31ec91065263d89b796b568f6c0c3a1cd736ea05e4b02`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x105	10458 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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