Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ed7620ef52b9eca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.8 KB
MD5: f0cc481915e90798384acda8a4c2321a SHA-1: a7b73f1749c767d0fecd40ee1968390b89f32d49 SHA-256: 8ed7620ef52b9eca6ac81f135bdc6bf8b9aa7403fe7b8d2494ea4bed3b3cb7e9
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and a Flash object. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of embedded JavaScript, specifically 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', suggests an attempt to execute code within the user's environment, likely for further exploitation or payload delivery. The embedded SWF file also points towards a potential exploit vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.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)
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
Adobe.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xB01 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
01a4b986deea52c442a0e2615f968fd6ae7c637b48c7e6f54fdfd24c7315289e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1636 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).