Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49b5d8d447b1caea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

22.3 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00 Authoring application: String.fromCharCode
MD5: c8ea0c3aedab6ff6799d152997cf793c SHA-1: d8c3ed62123309c92111bcb5633fec87ff3edf71 SHA-256: 49b5d8d447b1caeacfc888c94b3f5852a56e0bdb4ce6f1de80012c8cc2e56eae
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode`, suggesting obfuscation and dynamic code execution. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the obfuscated JavaScript which is designed to run arbitrary code.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
81ded87973b8ba76d5e0effc733f7750bec289df1b97e7e83aba87d89a59099f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA 530 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).