MALICIOUS
86
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, identified by multiple heuristics as a stager. This script is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent. The document body contains obfuscated text and what appears to be a XOR-encoded string, further supporting the malicious nature.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 3
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Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGERPDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Extracted artifacts 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0011_000.js9551cb29c148355e2c0a4889694047d07101ab5c93bed2d1b18aa9c461a0e7a4 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xCF5 | 1301 bytes |
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