Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d51ed4bb9f410f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.5 KB
MD5: 1a4a34b1210fbf7be4ae492b2f644384 SHA-1: 52ea43e481c6440f0beca30c751fdf02bedcef14 SHA-256: 9d51ed4bb9f410f7dbbbaeb27298b93b190d2c1d0850b05e63469ca865e3091d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94) and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript with an eval() call, indicating obfuscated code execution. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common technique for this type of attack. No document body text was available for analysis, but the presence of JavaScript and the ClamAV signature strongly suggest exploit-based delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
c28effae366bd4b2a63fe29aea090a07947ae4e73aa9efc1cf87e16e006e7288
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x38AA 144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).