PDF malware analysis — malicious · 96496ee5691d6f53

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.2 KB

MD5: 29dc8e02fb9f95cfc3e43633d205ca2e SHA-1: b5ea8dd3813038826ec48047226e5f6f955156ff SHA-256: 96496ee5691d6f53a570aa2fdf07e045d51a28e28dd56685d440f7c834c4850a

134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and a Flash object (Adobe.swf). The presence of JavaScript actions and streams, along with the ML classifier's high confidence score, strongly suggests an attempt to execute malicious code. The embedded Flash object is also a common vector for exploits. While the specific intent of the JavaScript is not fully discernible due to potential obfuscation, it is highly probable that it is designed to download and execute a secondary payload or exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader. The benign reputation of one URL and unknown reputation of others do not rule out malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

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
XFA form low PDF_XFA

PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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.
Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL

One 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`Adobe.swf` `8f9c84c8c00bc62ae296a81fac6640aa852ea67548abc1bd639aa0da1a1696c4`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xE1B	27347 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `6f4256b48c20ab2ab6f8922872a17fd314ff29c6e47990f3224b32068d605535`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x105	10476 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.