Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2e2d983660803d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.4 KB First seen: 2026-05-09
MD5: 022071d86272ad514545676b9565d0a1 SHA-1: fdd4992ecceed029efb0f8edbcf9cf82d7df09b2 SHA-256: d2e2d983660803d02840db21eb162624a09a83d499e55405f9b421e9fe09778d
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, supported by heuristic firings for JavaScript actions and ASCIIHexDecode filters, which are common in PDF exploits. The presence of these indicators suggests the PDF is crafted to leverage vulnerabilities for code execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 3

  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • PDF JavaScript rebuilds a builtin via replace() to run a char-code array critical PDF_JS_REPLACE_OBFUSCATED_CHARCODE_BUILDER
    Decoded PDF JavaScript resolves a String builtin from a junked literal — e.g. String['eQvoaol3'.replace(/[3oQS5]/g,'')] yielding fromCharCode/eval — and feeds a large numeric char-code array through it to rebuild and execute the next stage. Dynamically reconstructing a builtin name by stripping junk characters has no benign purpose; paired with the char-code payload array it is an unambiguous obfuscated-JavaScript exploit dropper.
  • 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