Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fa176f9e236f362…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: b2ab975a3dd5570ceba14815991fe593 SHA-1: 577eba428082c34bad4b39e3fad89f54bc98d1ef SHA-256: 1fa176f9e236f362b7980076310c44eaf2b884560813cc002410b3e52c68acf4
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious. The ML classifier assigned a very high probability of maliciousness. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0007_000.js', is obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The specific intent of the script could not be fully determined due to obfuscation, but its presence strongly suggests a malicious delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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
a51e932a5b83203b3782659146dae0bbb35dedea7b7a92333949eb99e3f5da4c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x233 46949 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 226 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).