Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75c1a612dc636ba9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.7 KB
MD5: 9591846b8f9cfff211476f26e2be8970 SHA-1: ebda6b9580b5400bef0e9ad9950bc0522b08dbf6 SHA-256: 75c1a612dc636ba93e7f4163d41cb39b0a5625371338cb96f7295b6620c4dbcf
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, including obfuscated code and eval() calls, which is a common technique for downloading and executing further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be acting as a dropper for other malware.

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-7273724-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7273724-0
  • 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_obj111611_000.js
6c7e3548113c9ad8bfa6412314c9fc83c67d6848e6649eab18fa44336f345dc3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x197 258 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111612_001.js
780d660ddea3bda8f252da7cccd7501786b99f5ba83e044a4bf314b600f69c08
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111612 at offset 0x268 3296 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).