MALICIOUS
86
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious. The 'PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER' heuristic indicates the script is designed to launch a second-stage payload. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF. No specific family could be identified, and no direct IOCs like URLs or hashes were extracted from the script content.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 3
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Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGERPDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
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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.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0010_000.js77692aa6eee912f470430c71119e8b9c8ba346a577cd63ae147470c7ef4ca3c3 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 10 at offset 0xC9D | 896 bytes |
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