MALICIOUS
198
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_EVAL, and PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript likely attempts to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute a payload. The document body content is not directly indicative of a specific lure, but the technical indicators point to a drive-by download or exploit delivery mechanism.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997
Heuristics 4
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PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTERPDF 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.
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Correlated malicious PDF JavaScript signals critical PDF_CORRELATED_MALICIOUS_JSPDF JavaScript or auto-action content is corroborated by exploit staging, ML, or suspicious extracted-artifact findings. This correlation promotes old exploit-kit PDFs that otherwise remain in the suspicious band because each individual signal is intentionally weighted conservatively.
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
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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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