Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea00a7cfe008dbd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: b9327a741d902bd4f534d512a57f3667 SHA-1: a20df12d6ddbbe603a42f14800eeea628bebf132 SHA-256: ea00a7cfe008dbd76489cbaed85f41b31099e20ed7b8f43edb856b47de95df4f
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, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The presence of eval() and String.fromCharCode suggests code obfuscation and dynamic execution. The extracted JavaScript files, 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', are suspicious artifacts. The primary intent appears to be the execution of obfuscated JavaScript, likely to download and execute a secondary payload, which is a common technique for malware 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
7ec3c6d66d29b48ac11fa0ecf3746a2d0ce9be7e3c7e8173e326009c7b8e0c28
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6293 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
ffbbe50156d237e9177747bc0938f186f43469681e0672a8a65ba2a3a9cd44d3
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3565 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).