Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0500431d813ada8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Authoring application: PyPDF2
MD5: 99635fc7e0521f2eda1c73e0e5bffdd0 SHA-1: b72d9ffd3f6edf341d72bf8e7b8c2241a0b17fd5 SHA-256: e0500431d813ada87a2938e7abb15345bec2128061a15e940ab249baf6de62cd
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier and contains embedded JavaScript. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and an eval() call, suggesting the execution of obfuscated code. The embedded JavaScript streams, particularly javascript_obj0012_000.js, are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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_obj0012_000.js
8240a61d4f61a6b93530d2a39b1aaa2c8925b18e236c9ef1a48e0a76cb1cde58
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0x5A7 82717 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0012_001.js
d54d013fa8858951e7e511db7cc942bf39901cceb5f48b5f8e494cb8238791b2
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0x5A7 630 bytes