MALICIOUS
66
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contained embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate obfuscation and suspicious extracted artifacts, specifically a JavaScript file. The JavaScript action and embedded JS stream suggest the file's primary purpose is to execute malicious code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984
Heuristics 3
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Suspicious extracted artifact medium EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Extracted artifacts 4
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0029_000.jsb549138dc1b00ea70ede2671460e6cd42d9e1c3bb812bf9653550df0951c4991 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x9C5E | 136 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).
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stream_003_off00001463.binded1520fd68b91798ef4502ba393be29e6762be445da6319489229b957e57958 |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1463 | 17756 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00004275.bina8ed3909966b10c026f46212f55dce68c94667ce1ac039797d3ebfa1d644dacf |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4275 | 17892 bytes |
font_02_sfnt_off000070b5.bin4ee4e439b16220e78b319060a3d86ba95cd4b8614522dd4fa1d4df274793c516 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70B5 | 18720 bytes |
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