Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 136ea74dcde2891b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2010-11-29 10:29:36 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: f231a5697ae3d7fdad76356ef9b1f06f SHA-1: 23ac2b61e387eeb764c77c8fc444b2b89ca4a02d SHA-256: 136ea74dcde2891bbdaa8b4f00d6b4c8ea99df4bb06dc4b8d99afbd66327310f
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript and utilizes XFA forms, indicating an attempt to exploit a client-side vulnerability. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent. While no specific URLs or scripts were directly actionable, the presence of exploit indicators and JavaScript points towards a malicious document designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/