Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e53c1b2778314a34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: d1481078d05917e11501b7e2aa7f94de SHA-1: 5627f621f434ac3451f5eaa67eba0ec775b79c8d SHA-256: e53c1b2778314a34752fc84fe7a9d49f3603c650aee7db2eccb84755e27b676e
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/Shell Script Execution: JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of an eval() call and String.fromCharCode() within the decoded streams suggests that the script is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The obfuscation indicators further support this assessment.

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_obj111711_000.js
54413bcb3a0cbf4676b4e7a5fc206fcb6d2da588b7379b92dba09c442334805f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 2595 bytes
javascript_obj111712_001.js
b0a29d7ed5fa361f8f590196f479902a00def01b9da51e94ea8ec8dc62fef59d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x89D 525 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).