MALICIOUS
106
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV with the signature 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-91', indicating it exploits a known PDF vulnerability. The presence of embedded JavaScript, further confirmed by the 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT' and 'PDF_JS' heuristics, strongly suggests that the script is responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also provided a very high confidence score for maliciousness.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 3
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-91 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-91
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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 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0076_000.js7d7d0a6d2f5f5b5105963cfa03665e87384169e34f070cc045821a33b2346d29 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x426 | 549 bytes |
deobfuscated.js1a8722323e7879aff87726adabc5101b1ff8a6a308f1a0a2d4ff97597bad0d5b |
deobfuscated-js | PDF JavaScript deobfuscation pass | 1215 bytes |
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