Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6f9e78af894482aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: 1442733dc5bb1f834a9449f9eb90a6b1 SHA-1: 43d1ea7245fd8ab0eb32a3d5a503b3da9b4a63c4 SHA-256: 6f9e78af894482aa70db96ac3e47ed63c8cd82fe8962e0eb7855ab8579dd6bff
156 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.
  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj111711_000.js
5c2c49b3d1a07679fc9da1590dde2f0b17a7bb88c80ed75bd73f761bd07104fe
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111711 at offset 0x197 2537 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111712_001.js
f7f7b4036fda2be3306f138bb716ccc40da8a6af4cc97b924deac7c33a724e81
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111712 at offset 0x81F 506 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).