Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89fe1ae439dab276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.6 KB
MD5: d2f4e95eb7f839f557b3ab364a26cd98 SHA-1: ef33dbc53e16dd988a065677fc286c893e7132d5 SHA-256: 89fe1ae439dab2764b498372174b1a01ed252b2d05b9c90c6f926f8df2210775
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, indicating obfuscated content. Embedded JavaScript streams were detected, which are commonly used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or download additional malware. The presence of these elements strongly suggests the file's intent is to execute malicious code upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9555

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
39c0f7badeaec63dd00a9ac761a68415871f19a477ff56911f52892fcad6b8ee
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA1F4 3966 bytes