Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d442852d8e17043f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.2 KB
MD5: 39ebeac8ab262d5c936f6167ed0cef93 SHA-1: 026dadaa88f5f7a5b01d9f7fa752ba9384c38e8c SHA-256: d442852d8e17043fca5df90d14cc849421b562262de787d00e028c3ed66157d4
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detection for obfuscated content. Embedded JavaScript was extracted, indicating an attempt to execute malicious code. The presence of XFA forms and JavaScript actions suggests a complex attack vector, likely for delivering a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9748

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
7f1b857b486cbfae9c13617031d74b6fdf2106a311f76abd72a4fef8bba0762d
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA202 3360 bytes