Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fb48017a455f59d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.9 KB
MD5: da0533e09af0db3f54a336198bbea60d SHA-1: cbe9ee60131ede4983c3fc38d91659e3ea83cad0 SHA-256: 7fb48017a455f59d36d35d3c3b76312c11f40c87fa4b1953327f37d20839c397
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that is obfuscated but appears to be designed to decode and execute a payload. The JavaScript uses string concatenation and eval to construct and run code, likely downloading a second-stage exploit or malware. The critical ClamAV detection and high heuristic firings confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
22e0a257b3d664e24c565bf8418e70a91cc3d269efc2060ad8267542894303cf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x31A9 331 bytes