Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 094ce041d805ebae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.5 KB Authoring application: Vabameuaki
MD5: 7e646da6b64ae1b9211994c91d9e1c0c SHA-1: 3a519e76b774d9def2887eda825418b47b099f7b SHA-256: 094ce041d805ebae94257e1e418717858318348380dd065f983363c46c4a924f
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript that uses string concatenation and XOR operations to construct and execute a payload. The script decodes a string, likely a URL or command, which is then executed. This indicates a downloader or dropper functionality, commonly associated with malicious PDF files delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0011_000.js
1ec398366107a5fedd9bcf18a57f32d68d58e87986c8ad1c876f457b209e2152
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xCA2 815 bytes