Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27512813e43d438e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

155.4 KB
MD5: ec8b65da726e19bd77ea282fb643ca73 SHA-1: da598dcbe8e7af192ddcb3c15caa60fe6a4127d7 SHA-256: 27512813e43d438e78f2f41b131a43454333224bde8cb9161daa2e23030448ce
74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and utilizes ASCIIHexDecode filters, indicating an attempt to obfuscate malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. While the document body is unreadable, the presence of JavaScript and exploit indicators suggests the execution of a malicious script, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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
f5d53de67a06b3a16312fb5f5ce9bd50909eb52e125945e00ee4707e6ca325f9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0x25C1F 39 bytes