MALICIOUS
86
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated but appears to be a stager. The script reconstructs a URL from concatenated strings and then downloads and executes a second-stage payload. The high-confidence ML classifier and specific heuristics confirm the malicious nature of the PDF.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 3
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Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGERPDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0011_000.jsf6a0c1bd57978680de5d0f9022f1518e477c973daee612e47411672868675b3d |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xD0B | 927 bytes |
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