Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c22511dff10a85b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

60.5 KB Created: 2009-06-16 00:49:08 Authoring application: fwyvjAKyJralyojQU (via bczOHFVAozLwHLdOHVf)
MD5: 081c04dcca40fe22f5791a600c94b9ab SHA-1: 6327189d34027a1cc076f278c18482923a95b80f SHA-256: c22511dff10a85b7663f4a303105073e2bf0c8f8b3bbe4d3c02337be372b011c
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and contains embedded JavaScript. The JavaScript stream is obfuscated and uses `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode()` which are common techniques for hiding malicious code. The primary intent appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload from the embedded artifact 'javascript_obj0007_000.js'. Due to the obfuscation, the exact download URL or execution method could not be definitively determined.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape 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_obj0007_000.js
28a47c10d8d3ff894b95e521711080bf30decda57731bcb2bb403083d53c1147
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x4D2 59994 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).