Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93bc7149f80b191c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.5 KB
MD5: e40e5b147448a768f99b762e27dc001b SHA-1: 679d1c0b4cbb60f66cf72721909cc9d708078e16 SHA-256: 93bc7149f80b191c8fcc37a15f49fa6e835e29b1218bb420a96e403088b212ad
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier strongly suggests maliciousness. The JavaScript is obfuscated, as suggested by the PDF_UNESCAPE heuristic and the 'Script obfuscation indicators' signal. The primary function of the embedded JavaScript appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS heuristic and the presence of multiple JavaScript streams. The extracted file names suggest these are the JavaScript components.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj111111_000.js
93b614117c22835135e71b575b8e54065c1e63910f4301d2ffcc9e30adb3269e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111111 at offset 0x160 2264 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111112_001.js
245453b748615283c400c4627c601e8a264c813057ab25c4674706ce9f73f0bc
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111112 at offset 0x566 66 bytes