Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7f04cc0870fb53f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: 87c511584583baa1984c46fea611233b SHA-1: ac11ee9f74fe805754cd6c8e4ae082812c96f405 SHA-256: e7f04cc0870fb53f35f24ef0b16cf290962ab1ec7b4b98363a352ef23e9f5110
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 and PDF_JS. The JavaScript stream utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscation and dynamic code execution. The deobfuscated JavaScript file 'acroform_b64_00.js' likely contains the core malicious logic, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of these elements strongly suggests a malicious PDF designed for payload delivery.

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
3514fcffb86ef99866b2b21004188121667d3d71cd981a22e2fb81207d3a30d1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6341 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
ddfc39636e6e05bfcb8e78916387f35fc11407a634ef777478f66bdb8e1df051
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3601 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).