Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f73cc2c02bae70da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.7 KB Created: 2009-02-19 14:45:49 -02:00 Authoring application: Writer (via OpenOffice.org 3.0)
MD5: 39e5ee8f453d71a68233806377f605a3 SHA-1: c7fb3d97dc73676dc61ae13c2f57491219b9b93a SHA-256: f73cc2c02bae70daa3760000b27b522c131dfb9d15d21db33160f3d382d9f3d2
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The PDF_LAUNCH and PDF_EVAL heuristics, along with the use of eval() and String.fromCharCode, strongly suggest that the embedded script is designed to execute arbitrary code. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541' further confirms its malicious nature. The script's likely intent is to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact mechanism is obfuscated.

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35541
  • Launch action high PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action with an unresolved or extension-less target — treat as potentially dangerous
  • 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_obj0027_000.js
ef647afe626bff3130dfe29bab062a66d6e252db68ac7633630634381b815ac7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x21C1 6686 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).