Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c075605669067e71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.7 KB Created: 2008-08-06 01:42:27 Authoring application: Scribus 1.3.3.12 (via Scribus PDF Library 1.3.3.12)
MD5: f69027f784dedbd69bd0e74ff55812c2 SHA-1: bdeecba76f2685f96daba24551cb504ec9910d03 SHA-256: c075605669067e711db0f35be7c0447f013d6ea1c977369b0c60f649d98bc089
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of an eval() call within the JavaScript stream (PDF_EVAL) strongly suggests that the script is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. No specific family could be identified.

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_obj0013_001.js
2fb92b84a1cf9b2124bbc9385be7a52bd2062af6f0b34aaf79eec9a6d89875bf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x367 6500 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).