Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 42bcbdb2c05bb849…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.3 KB
MD5: eee08d4d1727282e8a2cc77888a43560 SHA-1: 035432a07a6ebfd4428e74b6c115d68cb7dc34bf SHA-256: 42bcbdb2c05bb849f74fb3af9abacde67f2ff9a56b8a824705b0e68e8fea6192
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of a PDF_EVAL firing suggests that the JavaScript is being executed, likely to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, though the specific URL or payload could not be determined from the provided evidence. No document body text was available for analysis.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
objstm_0024_00.bin
0e8052d28aa5a9fb507ec904e78f20cf58cbb6b410161ac797084d306a2ef22d
pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 24 0 obj (inflated) 385 bytes