Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b15f044c280ff85e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

405.6 KB
MD5: d00e4ac94f1e4ff67e0e0dfcf900c1a8 SHA-1: 04b0cac6a574f26fef1ef135b4b1ac604433dee2 SHA-256: b15f044c280ff85ed9145e6614c0ac6ee4eb4ae233faed3543d77d0992cb2480
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, with high-confidence heuristics indicating the use of eval() and unescape() for obfuscation. The ML classifier strongly suggests malicious intent. The JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as indicated by the presence of obfuscated code and the IP address '10.0.1.434' which may be a command and control server or download source.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
dbf2b563944354536cd472733310ee3c9e5780686e4e5cd639764efd7ba740c1
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA 67070 bytes
stream_000_off00047995.js
dcefc16710d335e69f60cdd8a0e174d43939d02eaa8dd4c6d7ce4ca63f06495b
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x47995 289498 bytes