Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dd704e603e03936…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: tvEeSFCPx (via NeTSnrx)
MD5: 53cba9d3f1b2efcfe2fa3da5414cbf8d SHA-1: ea6744b36c67308e2e65cabed9c51909a9348765 SHA-256: 0dd704e603e039360f45cf02cbf07100e59a3fdc9e157c524a4f853a4885ee8d
248 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains heavily obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes eval() and unescape() functions, indicative of an exploit. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely downloading and running a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for PDF-based malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14412 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-14412
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
fbab266f8491d4ccfe07d1fd9b2853630945c2d397cffdcce87538bf6f836d07
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35126 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
66b48cb8feecfeb73ee6932070278df0f8c1c956f32e0bd29b0ab72c305ddb02
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x215 35039 bytes