PDF malware analysis — malicious · ae170a8a2ffdde73

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB

MD5: e1f8a8175f3684029e788c0609b0c97d SHA-1: 2c7a831c0c56b53fa5fb096c65c864ce8e5f5066 SHA-256: ae170a8a2ffdde7392c2493653168cd986c7ae6cd3c4c77d382b0ebef2ab4f46

126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and Flash content, as well as a high ML classifier score. The presence of a JavaScript stream and an embedded SWF file suggests an attempt to execute arbitrary code or exploit vulnerabilities. The ML classifier's strong positive prediction further supports the malicious nature of this document. No specific family could be identified, but the techniques used point towards a delivery mechanism for further compromise.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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` `ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xAC9	55839 bytes
`javascript_obj0006_000.js` `31411bbf0631999a4fe1f82996dfef38a1dbb0c4b5b24d7d74fc97dbb53db1d8`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5	1582 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).

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