Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0068ea1a374783d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.7 KB
MD5: aedf9b1d7d1498d459ed018446f28fe2 SHA-1: dab91445c87721b766ea9c74f0875ff791c5f508 SHA-256: 0068ea1a374783d792f3b81319bd1126e28b8a651c8967d8211d0be20aa66541
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes an eval() call, a common technique for obfuscating malicious code. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, though the exact URL is obfuscated within the script.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
f6264566834c0ea84d13180370ccb53f6bcb3c427aa25bd089217af2b3402e5f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2D4 10054 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).