Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eeeb2dde074abcaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB
MD5: b6799ed7f2d8ebe61bb6cfe063897c4d SHA-1: 9e24b97acc83a132b924ac83dc2730e76bc3c827 SHA-256: eeeb2dde074abcaa1e50f4fcc59a44c08b78957cf725308279502c533d38dd94
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream exhibits obfuscation and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode(), suggesting it's designed to execute arbitrary code. The deobfuscated JavaScript file 'acroform_b64_00.js' likely contains the logic for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The presence of these obfuscated scripts and the PDF structure points towards a malicious document designed for initial 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
f23c00c16daa992f48fcd04f2758847e670989b3873d964dc4c1319ac091c6b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6373 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
ab6484866b31f3f240aacee696468deff359ed760d29dda94ed1ae654938c42c
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3625 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).