Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 269b365022ee8502…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.9 KB
MD5: 1a5e1fef50cf40201736dfcaf66b0a83 SHA-1: 80898dae9d42e18ad5fd4c9e79b1e2eabb457f63 SHA-256: 269b365022ee85022b59491462da9c56c02f8154ac0e40f532b32050d65996e1
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating obfuscated content. Heuristics confirm the presence of embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDF documents. The embedded JavaScript stream is the primary mechanism for delivering the malicious payload, likely involving downloading and executing additional malware. The presence of XFA form elements further supports the malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9615

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
ea0149e8fc2f4882189583ff292e4a0f85322f8c02196cf936a953d48aec19d5
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1CA 3429 bytes