Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1a33a9ff74c0d10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.8 KB Created: 2011-04-05 23:46:28 Authoring application: bufdfob
MD5: c25fa704c253c16c909378a0eb434e8c SHA-1: f153f2df304561f9267593b671bac4caac41eb55 SHA-256: c1a33a9ff74c0d104fbae3f9b59a390ddc065a71005ad90b53f8986dd139faf5
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier strongly indicates this PDF is malicious. It contains an embedded script payload, which is a common technique for delivering secondary malware. The embedded JavaScript file is the primary indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_001_off00000309.js
f7d5232e2d221a68a03533a69395e3c23a4440ab0b4df78b1f41f322c24d8855
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x309 13302 bytes