Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f250de3a8b7c4811…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: 47c9bb448f72a5862c903b129ceee634 SHA-1: 917fd07f1fc5656b3f91d849ed2de33720a83a84 SHA-256: f250de3a8b7c4811226551c7b83ff3a2a6bab79621d2a53ad0996fdf82054c57
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE firings, along with the 'Suspicious extracted artifact' finding detailing 'Long encoded blob' and 'Script obfuscation indicators', strongly suggests that the JavaScript is designed to execute obfuscated code. The extracted JavaScript files, 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', are likely responsible for this malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload. Due to the obfuscation, the exact nature of the payload cannot be determined with certainty.

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
8e4a108769eb270a77e0c3cd16faf3935c0e2a837896f44920c8601f800c5714
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6397 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
8fb472d9b9011331f00ddc5eab48597dc8723c437d5af8b37a6fbff0b399410d
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3644 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).