Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 644720bd7566dbe6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 750c61947b050498add4118de92ce0a0 SHA-1: 9134d3689829b128f11266926b7ec65fc752267f SHA-256: 644720bd7566dbe62486f2b6a710334d6ed3118942998158173da9175513adb2
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS'. The JavaScript code appears to be an eval stager, designed to decode and execute further malicious content. The script reconstructs a string that is then evaluated, likely to download and run a secondary payload. This is further supported by the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
a3a4195e84cae6b02ea47d9a82447c16d5e1b1a889112c1db2d53d1a2e3bf7ee
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x3138 331 bytes