PDF malware analysis — malicious · a0588bd1cbd1460f

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.9 KB

MD5: 94b699e21a4fdc449683cc91402ee512 SHA-1: 3c7203e56e4e727251b6852e574af587cd7fdd60 SHA-256: a0588bd1cbd1460f7ef50659fd0aa41c052552e0993e19502c14e72dd7c90aee

156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF contains obfuscated JavaScript, flagged as a high-severity heuristic for a multi-stage dropper. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the dropper heuristic and the presence of deobfuscated JavaScript files.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7288137-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7288137-0
Obfuscated multi-stage PDF JavaScript dropper high PDF_JS_OBFUSCATED_DROPPER

PDF JavaScript shows 3 independent signals of exploit-kit-style multi-stage obfuscation: annot_subject_stage, hex_dashed_payload, repeated_pluginschk. This is strongly consistent with pre-2011 Adobe Reader PDF droppers — OpenAction JS reads encoded data from annotation subjects, decodes it through one or more hex / base-N loops, and invokes eval indirectly (method name built one character at a time). The actual CVE is hidden in the final decoded layer and is not visible via static analysis.
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.
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0005_000.js` `a3319192cac6d4dc4eeb6af2d736b0ffec979b23116a003bc7c23382761c32a5`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0x148	733 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `5655e21ee36362e9dfc5c66cc394cec049a777568ab563d11152842c7362aa17`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1B02	12723 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
`deobfuscated.js` `0ad4540fb2c0e56da5efda8ba859dbe6ae91d0f2c4de032470b99c0997bff25d`	deobfuscated-js	PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass	104777 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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