Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20130182810f4e3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.2 KB
MD5: deb4dcbbe55a1bf9b60e9adc9688dba0 SHA-1: ec240996019e38e5446bc14620d55fbaf2523685 SHA-256: 20130182810f4e3c145beb2201a6628de92ab83e16c7d57d0d471213eb06f8c0
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking: Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious intent, including embedded JavaScript and a Flash object. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The presence of 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' and '20102884.swf' as embedded artifacts suggests these components are part of the attack chain, likely to execute further malicious code or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
20102884.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x72C 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
4986f235d86faa58060ad3d7304bb178b7cc84690f9a9a4f66d34b086faa2bb0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF6 1434 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).