Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba040e3c4fdd774e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

426.0 KB Created: 2010-11-29 10:29:36 Authoring application: FPDF 1.6
MD5: 2ef2eb758a8431a45aa1149d384ac7a8 SHA-1: 155dd7f09e3ea8f1ddd759f7d575964a1ae011de SHA-256: ba040e3c4fdd774e615a6f4242f38bf3dbc0dfd24a643d764fbee5f01f322723
74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The presence of JavaScript actions and streams suggests an attempt to execute code, likely to download and run additional malicious content. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristics strongly point to a malicious JavaScript execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/