Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d6f4aa88a72663f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB
MD5: 38e2b51ddaf0a0095c1e4a4f4081d63c SHA-1: c68d17d9b49513813786fd6e8b5928c2ac3891ea SHA-256: 7d6f4aa88a72663f9955f0064933ffc232e7a35fc0178362bf4ffc3ea438dcc0
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains embedded JavaScript and Flash content. The presence of JavaScript, particularly when combined with ASCIIHexDecode filters and embedded files, strongly suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. The extracted JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for further stages of the attack, such as downloading additional payloads or exploiting vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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
Adobe.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xABB 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
4250c3ece108b42d9006fdd4248512b6bced91e5c0bc67f8257689fdbd38326f
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1552 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).