Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 711e82ef6e7beb66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB
MD5: 1ea172c3e351fbd5355b65402055b783 SHA-1: 8ac2521a62ce9427675d99e567890d9ff5336f8a SHA-256: 711e82ef6e7beb6665d5aa462d950bc2a4eebab93b69070ee9fd3710b4f34a2c
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that uses String.fromCharCode and eval() to execute obfuscated code, a common exploit technique. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94' and the ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The JavaScript appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, although the exact payload and C2 are not directly visible in this static analysis.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
c28effae366bd4b2a63fe29aea090a07947ae4e73aa9efc1cf87e16e006e7288
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x38D4 144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).