Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5531086067e2352…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.2 KB
MD5: 96d076be5eb133d9c99e9e124366b8d3 SHA-1: ccce81927eb837b35e298caaa077111c4d6a0b9d SHA-256: a5531086067e235208cd2f23107fdc73664f30b8c470648ea532a206a1110f0c
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and a Flash object. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent. The presence of these embedded components indicates an attempt to execute code or exploit vulnerabilities upon opening the document. The extracted artifacts 'Adobe.swf' and 'javascript_obj0006_000.js' are likely components of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • 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
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One 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/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
Adobe.swf
8f9c84c8c00bc62ae296a81fac6640aa852ea67548abc1bd639aa0da1a1696c4
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xE43 27347 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
13be8ee603b67aa707846eeeca4edc75049155d4fad6784fa0ebbab358814893
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x105 10494 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).