Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f63f64753f9ce78b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 988190836d4fa905ec61ccede34a98c6 SHA-1: c891658121b045f60da46ac28522ebfc042d1a1a SHA-256: f63f64753f9ce78b73ca836c4d04ff2a99699bc11470e28be7584d3cf1e66ce5
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_FROMCHARCODE. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated and utilizes eval() and String.fromCharCode, suggesting an attempt to hide malicious code execution. This obfuscated script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

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_obj111711_000.js
754df645a27074247de27869999f90efbd7a651c5cee903738c32f417efae57f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 2531 bytes
javascript_obj111712_001.js
72cd80c71dfa2f5c9b14ecdbf2dd7ef5c9bc048ed61211f6e040074a26cf1fab
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x887 533 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).