Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9fbaf6bc287810bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.8 KB
MD5: dc35cb39138c5b39ad8e7c6511b19a8f SHA-1: 07a21f7ba37d081ebf5596600a8b5d9853da08e1 SHA-256: 9fbaf6bc287810bffc05750b9160e02541fa1792effd6c821f1b2ea943d9a10e
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and Flash content, and a high ML classifier score. The presence of a JavaScript stream and embedded SWF file suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code or exploit vulnerabilities. The heuristic firings indicate the use of JavaScript actions, embedded JS streams, and potentially exploit-related filters. The extracted artifact 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' is a key indicator of the malicious functionality.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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
  • 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
Adobe.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xB07 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
a25308bc25f77ddf9abe7c357096c470b25df1d83521ded9b7133661869ae358
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1648 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).