Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a98f292baa37bf8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.8 KB
MD5: 1f02267a3006ca4cc2d5218bbc51fd18 SHA-1: 33ebfea032dad4c31449a6b6c3a3c1a92eb993fb SHA-256: a98f292baa37bf8f9d5112e77df7b5c8ba957e9ed108ddf56575e9a5580636be
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript file, javascript_obj0013_000.js, is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of obfuscated JavaScript is sufficient evidence of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
174a0af4a58038bb16630d2f66c2fa53654421dd858cc84ee7eb3013354bf7f1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x318 35001 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).