Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf2a7e2627eed015…

MALICIOUS

PDF

23.2 KB Created: 2011-04-04 16:16:20 Authoring application: Adobe InDesign CS2 (4.2.2) (via XV+*XStOH~I+LrinCI@MX*Dg.OH~I+LfXV+*XromCI@MX*DCharCOH~I+LodeXV+*X)
MD5: 1393b971f8933e8d7bf3c3669f34949a SHA-1: f6d04370f52f3c4ba861c202ea1c45a0409a0cc4 SHA-256: bf2a7e2627eed0153bedd4e3bc4256879655e19c65039b4bbfe96d4accc3c5b2
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT, PDF_JS, and PDF_EVAL due to the presence of an eval() call. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript file, javascript_obj0001_000.js, is likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, though its specific actions are obfuscated. The file's metadata indicates it was authored using Adobe InDesign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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_obj0001_000.js
268dd406ffa0d26ea04a15659fe985111f30c2e536693bfc55de245180a394b0
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x23 1291 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 6 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).