Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3d84c15f2ae9682…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.1 KB
MD5: 866904f2f5652f9df8509d2226901bce SHA-1: f78057cc1192c4ac21d38039f83ae5d944dd3913 SHA-256: f3d84c15f2ae96824b189c4c7335d1a03e7a1bb91dfd6b274fc872509d2c42ff
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated using eval() and String.fromCharCode. The heuristic firings indicate that this JavaScript is likely responsible for executing malicious code. The primary IOC is the embedded JavaScript file itself, which requires further analysis to determine its exact payload and execution method. Due to the obfuscation, the specific intent of the script cannot be definitively determined without deobfuscation.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0524_000.js
fb8c872575cd064959cd5a4bf4c0319d71687576c1f808a60f59d92fbfad3a67
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 524 at offset 0x133 8335 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).