Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c618b10109b93bd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.0 KB
MD5: 976f13ed7b08fa3170c5672aba1e1ced SHA-1: 3ae01d16ff184e66ef7988a1344eab4def7f510e SHA-256: c618b10109b93bd46841d5afd37261d44392704f2affdf99bcfe9b467b6e7c1c
86 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier as malicious with a high degree of confidence. Static analysis revealed embedded JavaScript containing an eval() call, indicating an attempt to execute obfuscated code. This script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0032_000.js
275ff13b9cf24c563e38b4acfc959d2649a2b74315e321af1541b1e2ca583118
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x2CA 3014272 bytes