Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c97eda67f58c434…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.7 KB Created: 2008-08-06 01:42:27 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: 09c6b6fed8a05aa9904ab5ae92fa231a SHA-1: 6c52f8bc3810181ef2a55d9848b469428c14fb14 SHA-256: 7c97eda67f58c434fbf810fca0d45f362adcef4ec05f87516d34264fbf99fee5
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of an eval() call within the JavaScript stream (PDF_EVAL) strongly suggests that the script is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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_obj0013_001.js
66f658c0ab5786bf267704f6c38ca1c48972e00ecfc4008284019a8809b6fd51
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x366 6543 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).