Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e9d972b68ad0712…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.4 KB
MD5: 088d66330878de171a77b0e51d6c56bb SHA-1: 6c02771a1e25c17b00bc261e08f906f24b3521b1 SHA-256: 2e9d972b68ad0712d0e6e7d45eb51a71836664536d9c20e6be6cea018c94f6c3
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and Flash content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of a JavaScript stream and an embedded SWF file suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code or exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The extracted artifacts, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' and 'Adobe.swf', are likely components of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
Adobe.swf
84eea196f1f999c6fa25423e98712d54d4f366127821e115673615df6b4a0847
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xE37 42064 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
6e8abfc21f84549ebd9cb6410cac780e3adc495ff5c129ec3394de43e3b48881
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x105 10476 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).