Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab2eb5fdfa6f5188…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.3 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00
MD5: d5fa1538bc266e0fe75a11a0965ffe98 SHA-1: 86abad59eff8deedae85a785de3c108d27637bcc SHA-256: ab2eb5fdfa6f518883032dc53c014cb6149039a1cc242d4f67914e15f17e62b1
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is flagged by multiple heuristics including a high-confidence eval() call and a ML classifier. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0001_000.js', is likely responsible for executing obfuscated malicious code. The exact intent of the script cannot be fully determined due to obfuscation, but it is highly probable that it attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
d09e95cf19472f10282f256089bc8a6d1b7da0529f19cc07dd9eed58585a9921
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x64D4 883 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).