PDF malware analysis — malicious · 88648966494cb896

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.0 KB

MD5: 8f1a75f2a3b4351c0746ebe3377c9a7f SHA-1: 20dcf265c13a78316aceb5dfdb49bd4d47fa28c6 SHA-256: 88648966494cb8963fd90ced9550f0f63b333ff20d821e7e78a8659e06457ca0

196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains obfuscated JavaScript that utilizes eval(), unescape(), and String.fromCharCode() functions. This script is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely downloading and running a secondary malicious payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the combination of JavaScript execution and exploitation techniques points to a common PDF-based malware delivery method.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

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.
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE

unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj111611_000.js` `9864171cc4152f5d3e5671809dd40cebe1cf9319d0b8bfb0abd003cff50482db`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x6F6	332 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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