MALICIOUS
208
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
The PDF file contains embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, including calls to eval(), which is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support this assessment. The JavaScript appears to be designed to decode and execute further code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload from a remote source, as suggested by the heuristic 'PDF JavaScript exploit cluster'.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 6
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PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTERPDF 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.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7229644-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7229644-0
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0007_000.js3b191baf242c4651049a190f951aa5b61bb86f659ec07f9ca0a22ce8966b8f5c |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1EE | 26719 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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javascript_obj0007_001.js52ead3abbb97987b3839f12165f1090a8a56bb37080f800fdb46af6eacc9ab6f |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1EE | 477 bytes |
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