MALICIOUS
132
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. The ML classifier strongly suggests maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript stream, identified by the PDF_JS heuristic, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The presence of a Flash object (PDF_RICHMEDIA) further supports the exploitation vector. The extracted URLs are related to XFA forms, which are often targeted in PDF exploits.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 9
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RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIAPDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
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ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEXHex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.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)
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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/
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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Adobe.swf8f9c84c8c00bc62ae296a81fac6640aa852ea67548abc1bd639aa0da1a1696c4 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xE31 | 27347 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
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javascript_obj0006_000.js6a4a76a0e35aa6a34d3fd39f6e18fc5286f937ec230b4842a8044182849840df |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x105 | 10470 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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