PDF malware analysis — malicious · f5d6dd4311f7a3d5

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.7 KB

MD5: 586c279c8efa6c5417e17c6f3240f999 SHA-1: e43b6546d204a825e2de95e344c006470406ec16 SHA-256: f5d6dd4311f7a3d59315f2dba7ea456d1b5e634e1bd67d1e2308a68f75713c9c

74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER'. This script is designed to decode and execute a secondary payload, likely a downloader. The presence of multiple embedded JavaScript files, including a large 'deobfuscated.js', indicates a multi-stage attack. The exact download URL or final payload could not be determined due to the obfuscation, but the intent is clear: to fetch and run additional malicious code.

Heuristics 6

Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 4 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_codec_loop, hex_dashed_payload, incremental_eval_build. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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)
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `852cce793efb6da930945a67e484cbb58255ac23ba75b9acf4900b180bb1bd7b`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	503 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `3d746fec78336799eaa48ba4c51590f5b6cce8d10aef31685b39089ffe4d7c07`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x19E6	1761 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `0c91167e15937d0cdf8226df95493ece3c0f737aee5a4a1c5f38c6216101da18`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	43723 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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