Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0eb0f0cc637c5b98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.3 KB Created: 2010-06-14 00:15:36 Authoring application: zxy4ur9YVd15 (via v1Dt7DmglQo)
MD5: b26cebe539be829000e844abf049961a SHA-1: c7a39bff022b044f8495ab481de54d783392a016 SHA-256: 0eb0f0cc637c5b98486e5afa4af36a3c367a35eae77c01ef35c007af0b250744
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes an eval() function, a common indicator of obfuscated malicious code. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, making it difficult to determine its exact function, but it is highly probable that it is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload.

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
0ec2bb161069db8f11c22ace53cba5a73b584df763bda4d6ec57b056b4ecf34f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x239 8184 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).