Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f2c9d1e18fcd9e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.8 KB
MD5: 8792f080cd74e1b744978224fa8a0043 SHA-1: 0a6d62c6fe4cd30537ceb09ac4261bf7bebe9ad4 SHA-256: 0f2c9d1e18fcd9e37a1d1379e7a087874c7384f76b50c0823855f08285d5b690
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams that utilize eval() and other obfuscation techniques. The script appears to be designed to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'PDF JavaScript exploit cluster' heuristic and the presence of obfuscated code within the embedded scripts. The exact nature of the payload cannot be determined due to truncation and obfuscation.

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
ec197dcc3acfec708db7194d8e7f4f23e137d69ead9be783288d3ea4dd9e6adc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x117 2315 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0005_001.js
4e3679ee7e51b9a1bec8cdc486d5b63bf55e0e31c910c831bf616e117d835101
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x117 247 bytes