Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4fdf2cb99194528…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB
MD5: 09a05a034f1d6912ac9e3aa0712ac9cd SHA-1: 7bed8cb392e4712ed976708d3a76610c6af01b2c SHA-256: c4fdf2cb991945284970b59e02ae59d98b60406602dcffe9b03cbfc7ab0b30eb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, which identified it as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript with obfuscated strings and an eval() call, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The presence of a JavaScript stream and a JavaScript action strongly suggests the file is designed to exploit a PDF vulnerability to download and execute a secondary payload, as indicated by the extracted artifact name 'javascript_obj0076_000.js'.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • 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_obj0076_000.js
c28effae366bd4b2a63fe29aea090a07947ae4e73aa9efc1cf87e16e006e7288
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x38E4 144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).