Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc1b7bb38c88a3be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.3 KB
MD5: 9f7eccea35f23ebd1799b6bdbbc2a031 SHA-1: 2271af03efc715585acd652db639bcac7092be77 SHA-256: cc1b7bb38c88a3bed2dc117f4bcd0b2f65daabb12b7854b4d540fdb06464797a
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and a high-confidence PDF_EVAL heuristic firing suggests the execution of obfuscated code. The embedded JavaScript file, 'javascript_obj0009_000.js', is likely responsible for the malicious behavior, potentially downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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_obj0009_000.js
6e6e5577c306c2e2305cc1ec716d33893aee8eeb4516926aab8b61d0498952b2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0xD6 55210 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).