Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86aaa21f556febfa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

421.6 KB Created: 2010-11-29 10:29:36 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 2ad51ee8fa2bc6a9d30a637297d19bc7 SHA-1: 3c3d91fb4a6a7d4093df1dc38b01e36f05c3c3d0 SHA-256: 86aaa21f556febfa27a39559dd132766964c35279e14491e552b89f5854586ca
136 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 and triggers PDF JavaScript exploit cluster heuristics, indicating it is designed to execute malicious code. The presence of XFA form elements and ASCIIHexDecode filters further supports this. While no specific family is identified, the techniques used suggest a downloader or exploit loader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 6

  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/