Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86335b2145e71e78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.5 KB Authoring application: Jgaxivakafowizasi (via a068dUohosicilab)
MD5: 2203cc68d6abcd8e4ef583372a688276 SHA-1: 5b90fa6ea29a6673aa879843ac35109e92250481 SHA-256: 86335b2145e71e788aa0852492cbe5db86261901746fe92472b17baa78cab44f
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including ClamAV and an ML classifier. The JavaScript attempts to evaluate strings constructed from character codes, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. This is a common technique for delivering malware via malicious documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 4

  • Hex-obfuscated scripting name object critical PDF_OBFUSCATED_NAME_OBJECT
    A PDF name object that drives script execution (/JavaScript or /JS) is written with #XX hex escapes to hide it from string-based scanners — e.g. /J#61v#61S#63r#69p#74 decoding to /JavaScript. Legitimate PDF producers always write these names literally; hex-encoding an executable name is a deliberate evasion used by exploit-kit and dropper PDFs.
  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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_obj0011_000.js
c35f939b8b08b4458e4f2307d4bfd0afc23546c955e11c1da88e87302e40c9b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0x1358 3029 bytes