PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9166290bcbbb8929

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.2 KB

MD5: d5fd897b279baee87168019fa982e5a1 SHA-1: 6a97e2d8f580bd77d21352f2aa07d0ecff2f284b SHA-256: 9166290bcbbb8929d41deb4686a793b1fc8a3e4546be340fd263e334017dbabf

126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash (SWF) file, both flagged as suspicious. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', and the 'Adobe.swf' file are the primary indicators of malicious activity, suggesting a multi-stage attack involving the execution of external or embedded code.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`Adobe.swf` `8c702f60d07ed3fe21053014a9ab550df3fd5b001b6f071ffedd8bb7b9881feb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xAB7	52522 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.89, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `cdf0ae8f061669701d36342f1d9a476bb03e9d18819882400bfe25b05a105237`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5	1564 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.