Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e695b0b8ec03bb75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.6 KB
MD5: cfd1f50ee93c9ba141f1b0374a139bf8 SHA-1: 30cbdd522c4d159163ce22b21f0289cf03644d4e SHA-256: e695b0b8ec03bb755208d0f033e1e6212d8eadee5c9c2c9a654310f9f1d8e11a
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Static analysis identified multiple indicators of malicious JavaScript within the PDF document, including the use of unescape() and ML classification flagging it as highly suspicious. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0009_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The obfuscation suggests an attempt to evade detection.

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_obj0009_000.js
2c0b2b794651d0955e7d25d04959090e515fccf08c453dec5e447f891d5bd2fe
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 9 at offset 0xD6 6007 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 7 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).