PDF malware analysis — malicious · aa37ee7fe3daef21

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB

MD5: e30bd4ff697019323c5e1a1a98eb1e43 SHA-1: b5f2bf916703394370d1235938d10a051ad71c97 SHA-256: aa37ee7fe3daef2107005d3c630e28c6344f6e6a58a6882d753b867f488b7094

158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript with multiple indicators of malicious activity, including the use of `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()`, suggesting obfuscated code execution. A ML classifier and ClamAV also flagged this file as malicious (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94). The embedded JavaScript file, `javascript_obj0076_000.js`, is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The document body is minimal and does not provide further context.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
eval() call high PDF_EVAL

eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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.
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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0076_000.js` `c28effae366bd4b2a63fe29aea090a07947ae4e73aa9efc1cf87e16e006e7288`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x3923	144 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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