Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9222a24d75d18ae7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

7.1 KB
MD5: ff1ae8eeb7ce7cf913f0ab7f7986f73d SHA-1: 12d522ba3db647daee40702712c66cf83c0a36b3 SHA-256: 9222a24d75d18ae7baf016c123f4c87c9fe4a8916b2ac3285c44f301991c700d
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript streams which are flagged as suspicious. The presence of `eval()` calls and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. The JavaScript is obfuscated, but the heuristics suggest it is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The extracted JavaScript filenames are included as IOCs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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
javascript_obj0007_000.js
e3f68fa5c6d2bff8248f2cc027e234e16a8539fdae03244d8d26d3830fe422b2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x26D 6347 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
529d5a1dc6620b2ff19728c70e45db3a7880f8c3a35258d04f55fa65b9cc6f2d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x26D 6092 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).