Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47deb2f12597bddf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.2 KB
MD5: 372c296ef6db875595595311bf7cd84b SHA-1: 29d2c7844e97ca67d7682a631340a03cd792eeba SHA-256: 47deb2f12597bddf16ea7ce1b53cdf5d1f760b87ad44bfee79be840ba599e3d4
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash (.swf) file, indicated by heuristics like PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_RICHMEDIA. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript and Flash file are likely used to deliver a second-stage payload or exploit vulnerabilities, contributing to the overall malicious nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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
8c702f60d07ed3fe21053014a9ab550df3fd5b001b6f071ffedd8bb7b9881feb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xAB7 52522 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.89, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
cdf0ae8f061669701d36342f1d9a476bb03e9d18819882400bfe25b05a105237
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).