Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4793a95e967b597c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.2 KB
MD5: 9fabfd8773c4a30be497238bdcf96dd3 SHA-1: 957bdb7166be215edbc6a948f36b726d443106f4 SHA-256: 4793a95e967b597cb2c0a87ad4a95f06fd76fbf20fff9cfc314bd44eb54d839f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier as malicious and contains an embedded JavaScript payload. The XFA form suggests a complex document structure often used to host malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely intended to be executed, potentially leading to further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 3

  • 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
  • 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
stream_000_off0000035e.js
ee10c2d61d1296ed815c296bfbc7ff4c1f374af6fcd54e54dc8fa902dbe0fee8
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35E 26401 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).