MALICIOUS
176
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER'. The JavaScript is obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as indicated by the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' heuristic and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572'. The primary attack pattern is likely spearphishing attachment, leading to client-side exploitation.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999
Heuristics 6
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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-35572 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35572
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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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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.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.
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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.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0007_000.js66f3db93767f730d23ac375397a9e768bde7b7f955a6eb5ea9a0c39cc15120d4 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x444 | 7715 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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