Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 90dbbe3579c16962…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.7 KB
MD5: 97ccf71b6bb93d135cae9a3336cf269b SHA-1: 9eed53d72a36b8f23d7c05edb7976dc61b87c87c SHA-256: 90dbbe3579c1696206d9d2f37c8507ee4aeb6080c6b6e393e1418ca46ed2e9bc
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains an XFA form and an embedded JavaScript payload, strongly indicating malicious intent. The ML classifier assigned a high probability of maliciousness. The JavaScript payload, identified as 'stream_000_off0000069c.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The exact nature of the payload is not discernible from the static analysis alone.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 3

  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off0000069c.js
f5368e1dea49788171729333207d766f7abb5134b4cfbb5c633acc6cf4d74e06
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x69C 15296 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).