Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2000dd533a295aea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

270.1 KB First seen: 2026-05-13
MD5: 655cb569428fe6b742a5c30279551ab9 SHA-1: 228cb6c2c69f641cf026eaaa08d7536f32ab8217 SHA-256: 2000dd533a295aea1f8d4f04d6d43a84ed2d729293918a26eb31913afefdb8b8
118 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5575

Heuristics 6

  • JavaScript action low 2 related findings PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • exportDataObject + nLaunch — embedded-file launch-on-open dropper critical PDF_JS_EXPORT_LAUNCH_DROPPER
    PDF JavaScript calls exportDataObject() with nLaunch set, which extracts the document's embedded file and launches it in its default application. This is a launch-on-open dropper: the embedded file is the payload. No benign workflow auto-launches an extracted PDF attachment. (matched in decompressed stream)
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • PDF paints image(s) but contains no text operators info PDF_IMAGE_ONLY_LURE
    PDF has 2 image XObject(s) and the content stream contains no text-emitting operators (BT/ET, Tj, TJ, ', ") in either raw bytes or decompressed streams — this is the screenshot-as-PDF pattern used to bypass text-based scanners and to deliver instructions purely through rendered pixels. It is informational unless paired with invisible links or risky URI context.
  • 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
embedded_file_obj0037.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 37 at offset 0x303F2 81920 bytes
SHA-256: b9d89f16820c5a56c0890b40849ac7a13771cf6bf218308f9170d6f005349d22
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.90, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
stream_022_off00043446.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x43446 1248 bytes
SHA-256: 8a0e7fc6c1ed20c38189a9013b8ce317aa8c1790e3fdd73c9410e6c2e567936a