Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db381b1e129bc3ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.7 KB
MD5: 30f10b6a8dc3dae0792fa4b802dbc444 SHA-1: 43eea95338d5d02d987c3e93950d4cee9011157b SHA-256: db381b1e129bc3ea54174c5df82dd413e0e6fc35182fb5ccd5d2b1a57be3f438
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which utilizes `eval()` and `String.fromCharCode` for obfuscation. Static analysis indicates this JavaScript is designed to exploit vulnerabilities within the PDF reader. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The extracted artifact `javascript_obj0076_000.js` further supports the presence of malicious script content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-94
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (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.
  • 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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0076_000.js
c28effae366bd4b2a63fe29aea090a07947ae4e73aa9efc1cf87e16e006e7288
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 76 at offset 0x3971 144 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).