Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a88b69e668b1967…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.0 KB Created: 2009-12-27 22:22:35 +03:00 Authoring application: dummyMakeVery (via b6090cd636e93a4a4574e97002734900)
MD5: 269d206cfd8d2f12aba73f5dd4d571fe SHA-1: ae02c8da1a1083fd875915097ec3aaa2c702cd3c SHA-256: 5a88b69e668b19676a79a833eeff3ecd6a9a859d41c3ca32e69f21d486d660f1
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, one of which is heavily obfuscated and uses eval() to execute its content. This pattern strongly suggests the script is designed to download and execute a secondary malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV heuristics further support the malicious nature of the file. No specific family could be identified due to the obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open
  • 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_obj0014_000.js
0f0238137782a1f745fa9b014b6ccb7a46b83a92c88bbf29bc19fa346d4e6878
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 14 at offset 0x1A42 37530 bytes
javascript_obj0016_001.js
759dab276568f54862b8ac6ea329f66254ecbb92567e360c5ff92d3e0187e24a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 16 at offset 0x78B8 1577 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).