MALICIOUS
74
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier with a high confidence score. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript and the use of ASCIIHexDecode filters, suggesting an attempt to obfuscate malicious code. The document body is truncated and unreadable, but the presence of JavaScript actions and streams points towards an exploit attempt, likely to download and execute a secondary payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996
Heuristics 5
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ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEXHex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/
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