Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8af50496298f6186…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.4 KB First seen: 2026-05-10
MD5: 63708f4d7e27e0bef4fd125ce74465a0 SHA-1: c1fda6269968c0f11f46cd16743fd3a294c25c29 SHA-256: 8af50496298f61867c957cdc102bf7b5bd4b002953cfce889ae114f2d8951d12
150 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated, as suggested by the PDF_UNESCAPE firing and the 'Script obfuscation indicators' static triage finding. The presence of obfuscated JavaScript in a PDF is a common technique for delivering exploits or downloading secondary payloads. No specific family could be identified due to the obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 5

  • JavaScript action low 2 related findings PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
    Matched line in script
    payload=unescape(payload);
  • 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. (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.
  • 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://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns# In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00000325.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x325 663 bytes
SHA-256: e8733f06e5eb11a7da431c229ff2295f933faf383581511206ebe0ac1586b9cb
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
objstm_0024_00.bin pdf-objstm-decoded PDF /ObjStm 24 0 obj (inflated) 331 bytes
SHA-256: d5ca11757b9665299bf81bc8ff2a1cc53f2b2a5f0e7450df78a144037db6fb32

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