MALICIOUS
176
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams that are obfuscated and utilize unescape functions, indicating an attempt to hide malicious code. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF exploit. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload from one of the embedded URLs.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998
Heuristics 8
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEXHex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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.bitstream.com
- http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/
Extracted artifacts 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0013_000.jsb1795db9cf2f51d45b754348c2a0ff09674df19ee8516989fa37a42fa3c6d136 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 | 27637 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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javascript_obj0013_001.jse612bb1c95063ccb89692e016bc5628cfae72b2a76edb8f3d0adc7c5f1afcdf5 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1056D | 27645 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bina8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 | 65932 bytes |
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