Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a5ff7e9e28e473d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB
MD5: e53152f449537a4bee4a6304dfbb814f SHA-1: 0f8e5174fb57f806968f9c6aa1a13e39872b4520 SHA-256: 8a5ff7e9e28e473d83529cef81d30e5a873c84c2ed40d066a3673ab300997007
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as a stager and exploit. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and ClamAV identifies it as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94'. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging PDF metadata to execute JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • PDF metadata JavaScript eval stager high PDF_METADATA_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript reads document metadata fields such as title, subject, or producer, decodes character data with parseInt/String.fromCharCode style helpers, and evals the recovered stage. This is a high-signal exploit-kit staging pattern.
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
fd3ba85e2adea51d31936d029f7643c38ebda70df559f07d93a041fab82980e4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x2E0F 331 bytes