Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 077149d11d161861…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.7 KB Created: 2010-05-20 04:59:59 Authoring application: BSQ3F2ncmwBXO (via nmkykGRsjk)
MD5: e36946c9e9028eed8df21de89454eae5 SHA-1: 1be36a125230b5e2e13e38214f8f7d7de5880fab SHA-256: 077149d11d1618611a5252a0961e2efd51723115c85a32b5b14609fa5179c8a3
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is heavily obfuscated and uses eval() calls, indicating malicious intent. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The script's obfuscation and use of eval() suggest it is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

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 (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.
  • 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
c763bfa53814becb9aa50227a94b76223e40a1526557e42b665c7f50203d2f02
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x23A 8106 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).