MALICIOUS
150
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
The PDF is encrypted and contains JavaScript, a common technique to obfuscate malicious content and evade static analysis. The embedded JavaScript stream, though small, is indicative of an attempt to execute code. The presence of an embedded URL suggests a potential download or redirection to a malicious site. The heuristic 'PDF_ENCRYPTED_WITH_JS' strongly indicates that the payload is hidden and likely malicious.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 6
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JavaScript action low 2 related findings 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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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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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Encrypted PDF carries /JavaScript — payload hidden from static analysis high PDF_ENCRYPTED_WITH_JSPDF declares /Encrypt and also references an executable trigger (/JavaScript). Document encryption hides the JavaScript body and stream contents from static scanners — combined with auto-execution indicators this is a known evasion pattern used to deliver weaponised JavaScript that the analyst cannot inspect without the decryption key.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://www.cadkas.com In PDF document text
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0020_000.js |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 20 at offset 0x69F8 | 46 bytes |
SHA-256: d3b3619843a9765d54ecc0d81f8728e633434bc486e3888d07256848d199d3df |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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Preview scriptFirst 1,000 lines of the extracted script
eval('eval("'+this.getField("e").value+'");');
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javascript_obj0021_000.js |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 21 at offset 0x1847 | 46 bytes |
SHA-256: 11dd3dd5217a269b6e477c77d269b1bf182a5c6d0f312ad5b43892728b614d88 |
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Preview scriptFirst 1,000 lines of the extracted script
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