Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2633bb303c114cba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB
MD5: bf428f0173a26b246832020257479c40 SHA-1: 7c979b3739c0805c362e230fac6453243b81e9ff SHA-256: 2633bb303c114cba0be005cf79b9b9f51b17b37b4bf32e31868e1dc7494edd58
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded Flash content and JavaScript streams. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The presence of a JavaScript object, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', suggests an attempt to execute code, likely for exploitation or payload delivery. The combination of these factors points to a sophisticated attack vector.

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
Adobe.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xADD 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
322b206efd97121d9875c89626333c65b20e1fc937ee034fb16dde000682d7df
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1588 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).