Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 07546c2cf845cfd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

8.0 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00 Authoring application: String.fromCharCode
MD5: 83b6293f020a2e3f6dff0477ea32877d SHA-1: ef62e8b9d7167cd3fa544562143fef1e1a57b765 SHA-256: 07546c2cf845cfd4a1bf4a76f3afbbbb8d403f4524e5bc05f2c7b6e039f64a8d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes eval() calls to decode and execute a payload. The script appears to construct a URL or command from concatenated strings, which is then executed. This behavior is indicative of a downloader or exploit loader, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • 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 (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.
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
e766527e1fe1249ae0e07338112a79bc24f593349bafeb3338ed10986bc40c2a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA 851 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).