Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 413600f8637ed504…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.0 KB Created: 2010-08-01 07:24:31 Authoring application: Mawdokaz (via f3ba7Zefikepeziliyfi)
MD5: e7e201160a7d146e6a23508656fb7bd2 SHA-1: e628dfaaa45e9bc7052c88738bf723635823eba6 SHA-256: 413600f8637ed504aed82997291803a9e3233ac9363207682df19694be8aebeb
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as a stager. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0011_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
9142a1300d6f6a99eb4af0ba56c49a0a38bebff77798d40227fa8d62d328d822
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xEDB 535 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).