Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc446608fb93d480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.1 KB
MD5: 05d3fa4f0ceb700e77b9b84ac3a8f071 SHA-1: f2e3ee772a7c37bccc4a221224ebdeba7a636996 SHA-256: dc446608fb93d48075df6c4e7a79b254a777adeccdfa5f520e4142040b061c3e
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded, obfuscated JavaScript. Heuristics indicate the use of unescape() and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. The JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0007_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, which is a common technique for initial access.

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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
c2649f910de0da2bef82ba157d52881df0d5364bb4f0a980818fa86a218000e4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x233 46195 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 222 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).