Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35d8075cd730cdad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.6 KB Created: 2008-08-06 01:42:27 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 387eecaa001925f3b99c7c45742cf7f3 SHA-1: cfec407e1b325c415ce24f08036dc87588174d5d SHA-256: 35d8075cd730cdade406e76a246a4eff9ba24fefbe35fded1b88302549a89fa0
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and contains obfuscated JavaScript. The JavaScript stream includes an eval() call, indicating it is designed to execute arbitrary code. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, likely facilitated by the obfuscated JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
e23eed095a80a23929ad89dde92d230ce253210b35bb4649bace97a2f3cf714c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x36A 6270 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).