Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e976ef751699185f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.5 KB
MD5: 470fa9455be8d320a428cdc231ea0d6c SHA-1: c0de9ad6ead53825c563b8ec50567073d45ca9f5 SHA-256: e976ef751699185f0b4131baa9fdd5f6691bb495aadfd30ff60d68b2b1df68fe
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The critical ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' and the high heuristic 'PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER' indicate this PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified by 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS', is likely responsible for executing the exploit and downloading a secondary payload, as suggested by the 'Dropped' part of the ClamAV signature. No specific family could be identified.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
e912e15853171df63e25a1008eb33a15f5c785361eedc6c96485a52c11dcd9ef
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2FDF 331 bytes