Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e10a576d77b3562…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB
MD5: eea9229fa9ae58a2226b87a407e3bf42 SHA-1: 28d7baf8909f668a70117b824c25ec9f59a5f3b2 SHA-256: 7e10a576d77b3562b321b71fc64e71f1330e69a5f5a18654cce4920cb75c11f4
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE firings suggests the script is obfuscated and uses eval() to execute code. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript files, 'acroform_b64_00.js' and 'javascript_obj0013_001.js', are the primary artifacts, likely containing the malicious payload execution logic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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_obj0013_001.js
125ef14fabab3fb5bec0fa9a9e4b974a2ea6c18f26abf09cbc41421a515401fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6445 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
810222b384c8138f20bf4c62e89cb06ab9d219d6fe65e6c7284e39b000944522
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3681 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).