Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdfb6128c3d85f44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB
MD5: cbcaa648a7b5450b01605629f522bf51 SHA-1: f611fe0b7840459898c650208941525ccb82d7bc SHA-256: cdfb6128c3d85f44f0316264ad61a419465e580e76b48b30f939740ed14f351c
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV due to obfuscated JavaScript content and the use of PDF filters like ASCIIHexDecode and ASCII85Decode, which are often used to hide malicious code. The presence of JavaScript actions and embedded JS streams indicates an attempt to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation