Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4822365aa6ae63ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.0 KB
MD5: fced5f8be7fd0f9f89aa0d8ae0c2d0a4 SHA-1: f46e00a9e9f898d0e10a7e8f6884fa993557865c SHA-256: 4822365aa6ae63adb1b28c8e2b84f41fab2a3b9b99f54860d7459352a0860230
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj111611_000.js', is obfuscated using eval() and unescape() calls, typical for downloading and executing further malicious content. While the exact URL is not directly visible due to obfuscation, the presence of such a script strongly suggests a downloader or initial access mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111611_000.js
9864171cc4152f5d3e5671809dd40cebe1cf9319d0b8bfb0abd003cff50482db
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x6FE 332 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).