Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12a4af33179e6ad4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.2 KB
MD5: b80b33e145f500b7e25379ce80108517 SHA-1: 15dcb4df5cf13e75039092ecd018fda95d3a8245 SHA-256: 12a4af33179e6ad4acc66766c4a9f273c60844f2bbaf9c61019f32ae4971b75b
196 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 an eval() call to execute obfuscated code. This script is designed to load and execute a Flash object (TyPWoIJRMY.swf), which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The presence of PDF JavaScript exploit cluster heuristics and ML classification strongly indicates malicious intent.

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.
  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
TyPWoIJRMY.swf
767382813fc770c9716554c3266b22eee1636037ca964af05acf6ff66db4a27d
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x11A0 26993 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.98, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
0ac05b86d2bc429519dba9ffa70655a012be96c628e9de1455b1a946c092d1f7
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF9 3415 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
f3c16234e78ff2f9064e1f0d21d9c757a28212eca0ef3e309d116c7cd378bc0a
deobfuscated-js split-join delimiter stripped JavaScript at offset 0xDB1 2085 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).