Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4078298865be9a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

30.3 KB Created: 2009-05-01 21:21:45 Authoring application: ghjkSFghjkCPx (via afdsdgf)
MD5: eab71d7630b42640bf593bbc98bfdc58 SHA-1: 6a089d89b9bbc1e6e669fc31b138816b2bae1d25 SHA-256: a4078298865be9a1145adb7f4ce09b8c3f8549dde61b2d72d102516935a7911a
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript/TypeScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, with high-confidence heuristics indicating the use of eval() for obfuscated code execution. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent. The JavaScript is heavily obfuscated, making it difficult to determine the exact payload, but the presence of eval() and multiple JS streams points to a downloader or exploit execution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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_obj0007_000.js
00bae0d20263ec4bc382276fad6dfc4e81876582f7917974d2edfc022d0e8fe0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x21C 29798 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
b4662f496d2b107447d880bd052c19413ddeddcf429f86171e1d0a886c4fe207
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x21C 28827 bytes