Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad5ec7d0d59c6554…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB
MD5: 2d3425ae06eebad805bc1c8c931f9ce1 SHA-1: d8e92b1643f9ee20329eaf1dd7c44a17167ea60f SHA-256: ad5ec7d0d59c6554b750ef02c2b136677c960943baad1b1cff9fb83368357da4
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF sample was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier with high confidence. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript, including an obfuscated eval() call, indicating the execution of arbitrary code. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams, combined with the eval() heuristic, strongly suggests the PDF is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. No specific family could be identified.

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_obj0009_000.js
0b4dfe3824af3ffb8194282f19c443871151c31fe62aef6f05685b7406ba6cb9
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0xD6 94066 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).