Malicious PDF / .283 — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d4510b856b0e0ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .283

29.7 KB
MD5: 75d9a67369ac4c7858670ab1729ec9fb SHA-1: 3c22ad59ec8d0e61b9bd88d832443fa2417e6485 SHA-256: 0d4510b856b0e0ba669eb68cccd4a89a1c03557894cb52b4de1f3604ebbce56a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes eval() and appears to be heavily obfuscated. The JavaScript is designed to execute malicious code, likely downloading and running a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and heuristic firings strongly indicate a malicious PDF exploit.

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.
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
a894e86bd9ead0d4e3d33766b13eb6a9ccd292f7d05d773745f71c5c7ef049dc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xDD 24061 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).