Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3419128d2f2c7acf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

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MD5: a22b393f5e52ff8398bcc69ce89f443d SHA-1: 1f36f55bb8a92f7f2cb410d759ebea059e2a9734 SHA-256: 3419128d2f2c7acf06d4ee9cf32d73ff99c504a5ca501106bc98d18ec9185d8c
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and exhibits high-risk heuristics indicating it is encrypted with JavaScript. This suggests the JavaScript is used to conceal the actual malicious payload, which is likely downloaded and executed. No document body text was available for analysis, and the embedded JavaScript stream was truncated, limiting further analysis of the specific payload or delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5474

Heuristics 4

  • Encrypted PDF carries /JavaScript — payload hidden from static analysis high PDF_ENCRYPTED_WITH_JS
    PDF declares /Encrypt and also references an executable trigger (/JavaScript). Document encryption hides the JavaScript body and stream contents from static scanners — combined with auto-execution indicators this is a known evasion pattern used to deliver weaponised JavaScript that the analyst cannot inspect without the decryption key.
  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0040_000.js
b3400b0ccfaeba76c8038e5f31fa8b4d92630127999bd600e34ff3ffe9e1d0da
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 40 at offset 0x147C1 608 bytes