Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdbc565b545fdd55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.0 KB
MD5: c1b6d67058d1b75fb33d23292d260388 SHA-1: 1c958aa211fcd9cc31b3881b4891023a6cf36d0e SHA-256: fdbc565b545fdd55f19eb02819720707aaed406f4a23d3bc91e520c5516a10b7
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The deobfuscated JavaScript stream, 'acroform_b64_00.js', likely contains code to download and execute a secondary payload. The presence of 'eval()' and 'String.fromCharCode()' further suggests obfuscation and dynamic code execution. While no specific URLs or hashes were extracted, the structure points to a common delivery mechanism for malware.

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
93ccbee6efe54b2870a8c9d58b077c9d6b4a1e4637e166dba08987d959c44534
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6301 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
5411f99956c214477f2bd17719d317d32a8fde054117b95ad5f1a3b395299064
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3573 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).