Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c30e3411cd92b4d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.9 KB Created: 2010-07-13 10:02:54 Authoring application: Lnibisaxaki (via 9c97fDikigekeqcecozibe)
MD5: d9fac784bc21223a1c67cb564a74877d SHA-1: 41f83e93bfff75e5b4846d970b4283e9461c6a23 SHA-256: c30e3411cd92b4d1dd44771d7eeb12334f10fd4555bf64cffc211606209642f1
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, identified by heuristics as a 'Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager'. This suggests the script is designed to deobfuscate and execute a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent. While the exact payload is not directly visible, the presence of JavaScript within a PDF is a common delivery mechanism for malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript enumerates rendered page words with getPageNthWord/getPageNumWords, extracts encoded byte fragments, XOR-decodes the stage with char-code helpers, and evals the result. This is an old exploit-kit staging pattern and is not normal document JavaScript.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0011_000.js
c8780ec7dfdb39cbc931dd298eb5ef3f0b24e358ab62327b245cde7c2593ac1e
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xEBA 516 bytes