Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed11ee8e56c26e28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.0 KB
MD5: 7a90b43dc11d0cf8ad3c653806e2d11a SHA-1: 870fb76c3583bb3474bda1da38395ebcb33375f4 SHA-256: ed11ee8e56c26e2828a5eb909fa450212ff63fa375175aa540c7c63a38fdf4bb
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' and multiple PDF JavaScript heuristics indicate this file is a malicious PDF. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified by 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS', is likely responsible for executing the exploit. The 'PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER' heuristic further suggests that JavaScript embedded within the PDF's metadata is used to decode and execute malicious code, a common technique for dropping secondary payloads.

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
b33f6bbff14f3db27e126c207915ff2262f8efffacd1bb867b3cb24ab949d839
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x31DB 331 bytes