Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4935d8c023de6ea1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.9 KB Created: 2009-03-21 13:06:38 Authoring application: hNAOtg0kG (via NpCcrL5k)
MD5: d999ef5f6655d7788f7cb701e86aea86 SHA-1: 27c6a764cfd77dfb9e8ed5946264ed5096c613a1 SHA-256: 4935d8c023de6ea1a9af0aefa7e18dd5b6e4beb71c0160f99c3f907c46796742
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript stream includes an eval() call, indicating obfuscated code execution. This pattern is commonly used to download and execute further malicious payloads. The PDF structure and metadata do not provide further specific indicators, leading to an 'unknown family' classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
3b1424f153168151096a054fa79e647842d71127a4c9bbebd65289cf8fa45d3d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x242 6545 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).