Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8826d07620feaef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.4 KB
MD5: 0aa67c3a14dea8c2310d77a20449d058 SHA-1: a90b7739f9c4e064bc9defd4338991c16f51d0c6 SHA-256: d8826d07620feaef14952c31909f8c975303ec079986bde8b0518d1469c617e5
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a Flash object, both flagged as suspicious. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', and the embedded Flash file 'Adobe.swf' are the primary artifacts likely used to execute malicious code. The presence of these embedded objects suggests a multi-stage attack, where the PDF acts as a container for delivering further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
Adobe.swf
84eea196f1f999c6fa25423e98712d54d4f366127821e115673615df6b4a0847
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xE3B 42064 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.99, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
javascript_obj0006_000.js
09561b0a92fdc124585c8c83e0c0a54f74064ffa2b3c81968c0c9b97f9857120
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x105 10476 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).