MALICIOUS
116
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is flagged as an exploit. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, likely from the embedded URL. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the XFA form suggests a known exploit vector.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996
Heuristics 5
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PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTERPDF 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.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://www.bitstream.com
- http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/
Extracted artifacts 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0012_000.js97bc96839704ed310d5cd09de564691f74ff79e48b8e394299269c046ceb380d |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xC3C2 | 3878 bytes |
javascript_obj0012_001.js54bc56912eeb3413a4a889fdd8213c4aaaf11b74dd78b53326d1e9a137a4ca48 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xC3E4 | 4764 bytes |
font_00_sfnt_off0000032f.bin8df6dacc0479ff4830ec739a9fccdb368896923613952b90e7ca6eb841a138ff |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32F | 49224 bytes |
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