Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7139b6032264b194…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.1 KB
MD5: 4c669cb860f63eefa445828861000d4f SHA-1: ea1da79ec66282dd45ef75cd4fabb46ce6b78750 SHA-256: 7139b6032264b194f7cf9e36b9be49cd8ecc22ce1c03f6ff43dd8343d892c8d0
266 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, including calls to eval() and unescape(), which are commonly used to hide malicious code. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Dropper' classification.

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.Dropper.Agent-7685790-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7685790-0
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • 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_obj0009_000.js
de9f9390780493a4727c4fd5465de09f0df8c516328a9c330f567448cd696888
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0xEF 7465 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long hex-escaped blob(s).