Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54f8b647c85c249e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.2 KB Created: e1svrt Authoring application: Adsfgddfobe (via sfgasdfgsd)
MD5: e12f23928b5509ff851b968e5778283e SHA-1: 252ba38823dae4f833e19a2772215175a53f293d SHA-256: 54f8b647c85c249e7f3aa73924b018f7f132e05c657ef68c77a47d740091e5e0
128 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_UNESCAPE suggests the script is obfuscated and likely designed to download and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. While the exact payload is not clear from the static analysis, the techniques used point to a common delivery mechanism for malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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_obj0015_000.js
520c9cbd8a416fb3d3dcfca9a21f65677f3c845878c3562f5bdfd711219275ca
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 15 at offset 0x135 247 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0017_001.js
80f8f7009ed3cfc0f825ebed32d9ac14cc13aaf64430528b4d198dcd81a3d6ab
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 17 at offset 0x45E7 266 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).