PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4117bfd604203a62

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.4 KB

MD5: abb0e19ae66620e1b3ced7f34a1231a9 SHA-1: 5ab4fb70e7eed3c8310aa6dc81eaf7e924eebdf3 SHA-256: 4117bfd604203a6232bf473999a7fc21cfafa000e9ffcf0bf6631193cbc4d035

108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, 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 secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access and further compromise.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`stream_000_off00000e27.js` `b4b6f57cb4685cb6b72f518f8b8edbc15b5a092de8e64e184b226cd50a9c5d6d`	decompressed-pdf-stream	PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xE27	14652 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).

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