Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6f90c74dcc3926e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.7 KB
MD5: f798a4277ec868e141f51fbd2752aa9f SHA-1: 8b6859ddbae1620efbee5b8410802a7dbd1c0b23 SHA-256: e6f90c74dcc3926e9c679132e138d038477adf98520bcd9898e207e9fc18caff
64 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 JavaScript/JScript T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript streams, such as 'numeric_charcode_stage_000.js', appear to be obfuscated and likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, a common technique for initial access.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN
    PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0004_000.js
b771a67801a2a024471cb29d8ce119b13dc98b5c56ef213dece7e1a5cc7b8bed
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 4 at offset 0xE1 1814 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
numeric_charcode_stage_000.js
4718a27c2224fc36bf24f8e8e04598f1ad78adce4401c7be2708318738a6983d
deobfuscated-js numeric char-code string decoded JavaScript at offset 0xEF 469 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
43b350f3c8a4f8e3d82f348723ac8b82b1a393be9b2444fa115bedcc61b69ed5
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x1E04 12358 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).