Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47b5fb3cd49a550d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB
MD5: aead5c5dc5ddd23d243b27b7b6e16ddf SHA-1: 4e140d8d7e9ba778c914a7ea3b90baa993d61514 SHA-256: 47b5fb3cd49a550d40673fdaefa14686d2cec8a8dc9be11f6bc24f3b2e8b7d4a
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings, including PDF_RICHMEDIA (Flash) and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. An embedded JavaScript file was also extracted. The presence of these elements suggests the PDF is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or execute malicious code upon opening. The ML classifier's output of 0.999988 strongly supports the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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)
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
Adobe.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xAC3 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
31c85c6b9f8490f7964580e8ce957f84b0e803a85a9b5b615cf1e8da4c1902de
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1564 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).