PDF malware analysis — malicious · 554be6c62a78f12b

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.9 KB

MD5: bd5600a3721f8719f032c3d68444c350 SHA-1: 94b2bf69f56203e7cbd2450beaffa3846e18e201 SHA-256: 554be6c62a78f12bdf96cfcfc875b7b59e9c5015eb89282afad82db7e7b06121

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, flagged as a high-confidence dropper. The JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, indicated by the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristics. The presence of multiple JavaScript streams and anti-analysis checks further supports its role as a downloader.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7213010-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7213010-0
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `a3319192cac6d4dc4eeb6af2d736b0ffec979b23116a003bc7c23382761c32a5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	733 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `1859912a55f6430988eb99c5f7a38d26f6ccb72e6d44ce877bc7f9d1d5039487`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1B17	12620 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `b3742c07ec49b32f2589520f83dee059da70a891762b2d2f4efe4c672162a8a5`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	103292 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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