Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e547d87c6f7bf227…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 474df995379643aac1ad09d25593b8bb SHA-1: c07b8ce703171976140e8b5613a57013b23307e7 SHA-256: e547d87c6f7bf227816b855000113b6ad4197a408fb5bb14526bd7628eaee547
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream is heavily obfuscated, as suggested by the PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE firings and the 'Script obfuscation indicators' in the static triage. The obfuscated JavaScript likely performs actions such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' further supports the analysis of embedded scripts.

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
6389b0f0fcbc169d850bde84d4dd74af3d6a1b0eed6ab4c3114808316c682f2f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6181 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
13b1ee86b6acb9c59d3b3cd3edf07304f75482e679ddb10aebb136d7716fcf3a
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3483 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).