Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b68741454b002c8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB
MD5: de9eea15678f2067bae746c8cb1e7e38 SHA-1: d98f345d6e033f7fcb86e220ccd7921f22ed2bd7 SHA-256: b68741454b002c8a06bf1abc04f1586c56af3ec453a9ddcb68d1519d92387fb5
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript/TypeScript

The PDF file contains embedded and obfuscated JavaScript, as indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_UNESCAPE. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is likely responsible for executing a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9871

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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_obj0006_000.js
c8321c22f760e6ea5759fa00f4fc4ac2a597c3944addf8832175f72de449505c
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1BA 2152 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).