Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20066f84135917af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.2 KB
MD5: af0fac507b5bb53f3cad31de9a8c7890 SHA-1: f8ef1fbab2d790e7e72c3004d7db0d1ad17360bf SHA-256: 20066f84135917af22b6a52ad2a85132de8846ddcd72db27ddf8351adc4f04cc
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as suspicious and obfuscated. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, though its exact function is obscured by obfuscation. This points to a common attack pattern of using obfuscated scripts within documents to deliver malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0006_000.js
6954a9e92adbe0c85cedfbfdbe2b6c894787bcdf59e5f4e571843d1aa41d97b9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x211 301 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).