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high
HWP_PS_HEXCODE
What it means
Many hex escape sequences found in PostScript content.
Why it fires
A high number of hex escape sequences (\xNN) in PostScript suggests the presence of encoded shellcode or binary payloads.
Other HWP heuristics
HWP_EMBEDDED_PE HWP_PE_MSHTA_REMOTE_EXEC HWP_OLE_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLE HWP_OLE_CLICK_TO_EXEC_LURE HWP_PS_EXEC HWP_PS_CVX_EXEC HWP_PS_SYSTEM HWP_SHELL_CMD HWP_POSTSCRIPT HWP_JAVASCRIPT HWP_PS_FILE HWP_URL HWP_PS_FILTER HWP_SCRIPTS_STREAM HWP_BINDATA HWP_COMPRESSED HWP_SEMANTIC_FINGERPRINT HWP_STREAM_RAW_FALLBACK