Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 276ef10115d35836…

MALICIOUS

PDF

186.4 KB Authoring application: PyPDF2
MD5: 02763291fdc59fdbe06a9a0846330c18 SHA-1: 66ed2c72e1b4371b5243f42d77f8b92cabfc1cab SHA-256: 276ef10115d358361fc975940cb562f75928d607a92983bee2498de76cfc17c3
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains multiple JavaScript streams. One heuristic indicates the use of eval(), suggesting obfuscated code execution. The embedded JavaScript files are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, contributing to the overall malicious intent of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0019_000.js
e3ce5acaeed64f9b70d4c1e96050f5396617cbfe528dc41ea4c55234ea815a00
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 19 at offset 0x19E4 98015 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0019_001.js
cae1f354af7d012e6cba1ca50241ed0b52816d91adb94c17bc23cf24b8d8b6da
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 19 at offset 0x19E4 96656 bytes