Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d332dcb27d74cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

136.3 KB Authoring application: PyPDF2
MD5: cf06ee000f6f989cadb7f5412573e603 SHA-1: f928a812ec20c3e0ba2fc8dd4744f5c500d612f7 SHA-256: d2d332dcb27d74cba13d5e89e5d9572525a2db864d7c77ed389ccb9983cbe252
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, with heuristics indicating the use of eval() and obfuscation. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The presence of JavaScript streams suggests the sample is designed to execute code, likely to download and run a further stage. No specific family could be identified.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0022_000.js
a0abb6df746801ebfd1546f1d56152c93c96db5f07c8799d02b0ef2e73b797ec
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0xBC9 83848 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0022_001.js
b16384ceb762860350f1a633b365de7bb57eabef2f7da7f0917187af0cdd2ac3
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0xBC9 630 bytes