Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dad2f355fcaaa54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.6 KB Authoring application: Jidagelageno (via 7447eYlojoppekaxopqi)
MD5: 2a67634c14ad5b453fad80a0c2abc801 SHA-1: 873cd4c54c7fe4d14b1d48dfa3923827c22ac032 SHA-256: 3dad2f355fcaaa54639110ac438498149f85496799e0510c6120244ed8a7ef13
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER'. The ML classifier also flagged it as malicious with high confidence. The embedded JavaScript stream is the primary mechanism for executing the malicious payload, likely downloading and executing a second-stage exploit or malware. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to the lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0008_000.js
c510f8c6a5031d17c6606a6a4e88ede1c3452bf51c2d06efb7ba03d3692fec56
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0xF52 1346 bytes