Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 62d89d29a2a35136…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.2 KB
MD5: dee052caa42a260466228f8246607d79 SHA-1: 933a21aedf159967f6e91a3c3803704fdb53cb27 SHA-256: 62d89d29a2a3513696b12b970453ac2f99f0ea95d12956ee05092820ba2908b2
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes eval() to execute code. The script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, likely a Windows executable, from a hardcoded URL. The ML classifier and heuristic firings strongly indicate malicious intent, pointing towards an exploit targeting PDF viewers.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0009_000.js
a2c60579080af2f331699fe1b26ff257131ace6b9f310fe6774e4aa2a8bbdcc4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0x8A 48051 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).