Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 084bedad935a67b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

918 B
MD5: 77d95c859c338964eea732903c6862cc SHA-1: 24029e81b0a429069fabf971b915476ddabab410 SHA-256: 084bedad935a67b185d062df85030713e1ccd6121d41c04033d513e6b6633c40
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes an eval() call, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The JavaScript is obfuscated and likely intended to download and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious.

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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0005_000.js
5284650c1dea504b5754c4314372cc90cfabeb788a0aa62ab8923ff4b64c265e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x117 390 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0005_001.js
a4a39a95112adeb7becbe348ae769bf8a4316eb18c0ca19b042a5144275ca0a0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x117 42 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).