MALICIOUS
238
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated and utilizes an unescape function, indicating malicious intent. The JavaScript is designed to decode and execute further code, likely a payload. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF exploit, with the primary technique being JavaScript execution within the PDF.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998
Heuristics 9
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PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTERPDF 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.
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEXHex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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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.
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://www.bitstream.com
- http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/
Extracted artifacts 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0013_000.jsaaff8372148c1e5d9b9468f676052a84ea07ad0557182fc2da4c3b4eea090636 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 | 27749 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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javascript_obj0013_001.js5ab7ccd99d36e3bd4ecb3f63bc3e47c5dcc323668f45ae4cea21b33b7245a3f7 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x1056D | 27757 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bina8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 | 65932 bytes |
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