Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c99c83aecc0066d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: e02c686a7d56901296734a79cf92f331 SHA-1: 11da0decb58353cdb9ff12c594aec077c8d204cb SHA-256: c99c83aecc0066d955acbb8a3974c16d1ae0399d90aea65f82ddddc96cb835b5
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. The presence of PDF_EVAL and PDF_FROMCHARCODE suggests the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely executes arbitrary code. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The extracted JavaScript files, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' and 'acroform_b64_00.js', are the primary artifacts responsible for the malicious behavior, likely downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
javascript_obj0013_001.js
93338bb0372c2f0e49799b0d8d6e4626a68fbce751611fe3e7527deb9821dc9d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6317 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
3f10a60cf04a0ebe28fc62d11b4b805423f833e87c5b61134a998edb9aa416c1
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3583 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).