Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47115a6ddab20927…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB
MD5: 3778171b58c7c88b3aefa5cd9c694d4d SHA-1: 82a2c37ff9da6061fba290e8f93173a85be17387 SHA-256: 47115a6ddab20927485d397493906f9720d0c354693308ca0a5550a55949af10
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier strongly suggests maliciousness. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0012_000.js' is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript and the ML score point towards a downloader or exploit execution pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 7

  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
98d803244ac486f4f392e11f91a78d2fddcf5632b59aa67b3fc9f8c8263a1a8b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA0B2 3863 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 4 long base64-like blob(s). Carved artifact contains 4 long hex-escaped blob(s).
font_00_sfnt_off0000033c.bin
26f3e7c91c76e658576c1bbb605ddb8e33e657870ea2f8ad3b8fe8f80b303358
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33C 65932 bytes