Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff1a4d763e064360…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.1 KB
MD5: 379c3c6532ff2c5151cb6f4d0ecacb51 SHA-1: 711327828ce98c5b5a3609f26d69b71fcef336c5 SHA-256: ff1a4d763e064360d527eafa02405f1cf251d528a4e85f1643c1c4c991493780
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristic further flags it as suspicious due to obfuscated name objects. The presence of a large, obfuscated JavaScript stream suggests it is designed to perform malicious actions, such as downloading a second-stage payload. The document body was unreadable, so the rationale relies solely on the script and heuristics.

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
54f1010aba587021151891404d94a854519254f5abd8c9fa7df52abd481dfd38
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x19B 14358 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).