MALICIOUS
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
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Page-word XOR JavaScript eval stager high PDF_PAGE_WORD_XOR_EVAL_STAGERPDF 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.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj0011_000.jsc8780ec7dfdb39cbc931dd298eb5ef3f0b24e358ab62327b245cde7c2593ac1e |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 11 at offset 0xEBA | 516 bytes |
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