MALICIOUS
206
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious JavaScript
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is flagged as malicious and part of an exploit cluster. The JavaScript utilizes an eval() call, indicating it's designed to execute arbitrary code. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF. The specific JavaScript content is too obfuscated to determine its exact payload, but the presence of eval() and exploit signals points to a downloader or direct execution of a second-stage payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998
Heuristics 5
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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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Correlated malicious PDF JavaScript signals critical PDF_CORRELATED_MALICIOUS_JSPDF JavaScript or auto-action content is corroborated by exploit staging, ML, or suspicious extracted-artifact findings. This correlation promotes old exploit-kit PDFs that otherwise remain in the suspicious band because each individual signal is intentionally weighted conservatively.
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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JavaScript action low 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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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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