Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fca509d8e529910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.4 KB
MD5: 6a988eadad9bb73aa8d822cd0a5e7750 SHA-1: 7ba8d01e01497b38b6c35b01064f1f17dd747c6d SHA-256: 6fca509d8e529910fa3d9de0f3e62c0edccbfb6cbd6e68d741d8c458b3dc5a44
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is flagged by a machine learning classifier as malicious. The JavaScript action and embedded stream, combined with the ASCIIHexDecode filter, suggest an attempt to exploit a client-side vulnerability for execution. The presence of 'CYsoVyap.swf' indicates a likely second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.