Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0758d9e366215161…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.1 KB
MD5: 005be72afa303075ff283f8c3234d80d SHA-1: b0c604a2e5ede9eb94fcfe93c79e2ce347c86695 SHA-256: 0758d9e366215161eb6198f9ec294d4c7b8e3d00148bd5ffcabf960e41cf80f5
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0007_000.js', is obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The specific intent of the script could not be fully determined due to obfuscation, but its presence is a strong indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
ffcf167cc81e026af59061f08b3576d2fb37708360a85cc84130f90fc7b09877
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x233 44576 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 221 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).