Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f71036043db2127…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.0 KB
MD5: e4d1a7ea67fca4e462124b94c301d157 SHA-1: 22bd27c619b3d888e0d824e60ad7529cd9d17aed SHA-256: 4f71036043db2127f88a7660c2347a0966ed650af7591d3f2deb9750847b7fd6
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream includes an eval() call and uses String.fromCharCode, suggesting obfuscation. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The deobfuscated JavaScript file 'acroform_b64_00.js' is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for malware delivery.

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. (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
javascript_obj0013_001.js
e9a189f8d74c1f3d750fd94e73c2165e83805deee9bf623d0f716d729163b69b
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6333 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
43654a44f043eb7cde0fa3bb2fc9c5d9d70ffb5cdecf401de2e1671edcb43a01
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3597 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).