PDF malware analysis — malicious · a7738ac3b69f6d49

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.2 KB

MD5: c72ee71dc57775470eee5fdcbc821036 SHA-1: 03589865ec821beba9862593c6147557ee3e18c7 SHA-256: a7738ac3b69f6d4953047701194663bd1012de1cf2506ecb021471f4b3238691

124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1559.002 Component Object Model Hijacking T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and Flash content. The ML classifier strongly flags it as malicious. The presence of a JavaScript stream suggests an attempt to execute code, likely for downloading further stages or exploiting vulnerabilities. The embedded SWF file is also a strong indicator of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 7

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
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.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`Adobe.swf` `8c702f60d07ed3fe21053014a9ab550df3fd5b001b6f071ffedd8bb7b9881feb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xAB7	52522 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact entropy is 7.89, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `cdf0ae8f061669701d36342f1d9a476bb03e9d18819882400bfe25b05a105237`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5	1564 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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