Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34b7eb365df1fa63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB
MD5: d402dad3dcd050af71cfe1d6b45737ba SHA-1: fa3dbe89272256fd55df6dcfbdf436254d6e0228 SHA-256: 34b7eb365df1fa6354987c4252bab9c325d627437a85ede6e0a87cc4fafd9f6e
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript payload, indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT heuristics. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The embedded JavaScript, extracted as stream_000_off00000e27.js, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 5

  • XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off00000e27.js
737d3d77070b6c26898cd614d0500be64c5a9d179f514acc648aef2ed599f65a
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xE27 14724 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).