Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63600114f854e1d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.1 KB
MD5: 9105a04dbe8bc6f95fb4f45f85660dd1 SHA-1: 3889e17441a20944e79f23217737300c38900dbd SHA-256: 63600114f854e1d04d197d9fe29665a5987b092a9cb94854929a4b7aa4d55240
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER'. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated using unescape() calls and string concatenation, making its exact function difficult to determine without deobfuscation. However, the presence of exploit-related heuristics strongly suggests it's designed to download and execute a secondary payload, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
065ebd9e7d2799dc45a03c650c2276d2f3946a680da24b0bd80300c90f17b583
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x197 2296 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).