Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3fda629fbed21018…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB
MD5: ef2a4301db1641dd9a66a0bdf54761e8 SHA-1: 5799a5511cb36d2826e7787cd16236576c464d12 SHA-256: 3fda629fbed2101842016958a6cfae3683ebcc0547be2accea19e42b71087769
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and Flash content, and a high ML classifier score. The presence of a JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', suggests an attempt to execute code. The 'PDF_RICHMEDIA' and 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' heuristics further support the conclusion that this file is designed to deliver a malicious payload, likely through exploitation of embedded content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
Adobe.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xAC5 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
590f8c4aa01c96f7a66b8098a9d9639c0a9886ba9549ac5567df5b54ac05a447
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1576 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).