MALICIOUS
154
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
T1059.001 PowerShell
This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a RichMedia (Flash) object, indicating an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. A secondary embedded PDF was also detected, which itself contains suspicious static findings including JavaScript, embedded files, and RichMedia. This suggests a multi-stage attack where the initial PDF serves as a dropper for the secondary PDF, likely to execute further malicious code or download additional payloads. The presence of these elements strongly points towards a malicious intent, likely for exploitation.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 6
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Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings critical POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGEA valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
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RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIAPDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
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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.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.URL http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
pushpro.swf5e8b92090afc1d9f8b703028aa20e64debf63c74b6db09f92633790c303e679f |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 7 at offset 0xB4F | 772 bytes |
polyglot_child_pdf_off000211eb.pdf792fa1dbdc5b734b2a0b33bbf882d15c727a29c4f23671fb6c2a54c6eb0952b9 |
polyglot-child-pdf | Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x211EB | 6297 bytes |
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