Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c8fb517c2ab99ace…

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.4 KB
MD5: 1e5cbccd5c9598804083e49e92f70dd3 SHA-1: 6749cd3577be63cb53fd5a230010fb749d259e83 SHA-256: c8fb517c2ab99acec6d2e799ef98f356cdf51a26d7aacce34a4c00044d295e21
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript payload, flagged by both heuristics and ML classification. The deobfuscated JavaScript, named 'acroform_b64_00.js', likely serves as the primary mechanism for delivering a malicious payload. The presence of XFA forms further suggests a complex PDF structure designed to conceal malicious activity. The exact nature of the payload is not fully discernible from the provided information, but the overall pattern indicates a downloader or exploit delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 3

  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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
stream_002_off00001d16.js
eff3119d949d5eb96f68c7a68a482eb5d407e75ab0927f94c14c967fe33071b9
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1D16 5463 bytes
acroform_b64_00.js
f4f7c9b41a571e79ffb975d399fa3f51170a8891974b6abe44a8ef9b5a7851e6
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0xE9 8804 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).