PDF malware analysis — malicious · 953b70bef1b756d2

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.3 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00 Authoring application: String.fromCharCode

MD5: 9c1b90d3f99189b3ff956bb7a79dce34 SHA-1: bc627b9c114066fe07fbd530c22c35f58fb3bef4 SHA-256: 953b70bef1b756d2f50419ca829e002309e6803b7413b2f0f342c05e8b136590

96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The JavaScript stream utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode`, suggesting obfuscation and dynamic code execution. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The primary intent appears to be the execution of a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the embedded JavaScript artifact.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0001_000.js` `e57cf96575a381f61608f3f8aa0b9a86594a04df08bdf21d0795e6e9c11a83e5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA	883 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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