Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4fdb77245249df0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.5 KB
MD5: c144fdf35b6c5515c68a1679a894aea4 SHA-1: eeca8ae4884cca516ce8124ed08a5f0c0322c204 SHA-256: d4fdb77245249df0eb43e393c41212b844ae445950792c1545521e57a14aa207
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The presence of unescape() suggests obfuscation of the JavaScript payload. The primary intent appears to be the execution of this embedded script, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj111111_000.js
c427982804b69cac861e9cbdb6cc98136810829de300211c88b12b036f0bcacf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111111 at offset 0x160 2215 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj111112_001.js
0739bdf44b53e9ba1b73960c2bc0dcd98be54adba7a36276bd38e0f91279adc4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111112 at offset 0x53B 66 bytes