Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0e1c7ecdcdb7e67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.2 KB Created: 2011-72-51 03:25:00
MD5: c35f1868a7fd7b9c804aaecfe15a064d SHA-1: 5fe37083dd83c33a54312d7864d46b80bd33d43d SHA-256: e0e1c7ecdcdb7e67419c6deb20fea1f2afb9e3e9ddb20c6b61f1c478207c0d5a
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0001_000.js', likely contains obfuscated code designed to execute arbitrary commands, as suggested by the PDF_EVAL heuristic. The primary attack pattern involves luring the user to open the PDF, which then triggers the malicious script execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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_obj0001_000.js
04c7a604f47778a01df8f46e17ebb0393c374703b5521246bda11e7f79c10ced
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0x649E 854 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).