Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fa6da1d37a2a0c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: d809b18f2f5821e020f6b9e7529f93f0 SHA-1: 6fb82dbd19f5be2fcd0258562ddc6f997052099b SHA-256: 9fa6da1d37a2a0c7010345e791af979e9b67c885bb56b327a5474753b0aa3d23
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE firings, along with the ML classifier's high confidence, suggest that the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely performs malicious actions such as downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of two JavaScript files, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' and 'acroform_b64_00.js', further supports this. The exact payload or C2 infrastructure is not directly discernible from the provided evidence.

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. (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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
b3b31e98332da16c82b2eb4f90d176751982df8a7c311787384ba05a7b1eac03
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6385 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
492c4cdfb3e83c87875b590d8f3caa52fcef2e7d41615ab1e99b880c84aa1a38
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3636 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).