Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9e8f137fbc3ca71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB
MD5: c302b5441e522ac447d086b09e0661ab SHA-1: a87aa58a49d59d4c6dccae7afd9c51095f7fabfe SHA-256: e9e8f137fbc3ca71b02ddc4bc0f01d78aed8c36e29a3e430b1bb7a7bddbc7eed
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including embedded JavaScript and Flash content. The ML classifier strongly flags it as malicious. The presence of a JavaScript stream, identified as 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', suggests an attempt to execute code. The combination of PDF, Flash, and JavaScript points towards a multi-stage attack, likely aiming to exploit vulnerabilities or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • RichMedia (Flash) high PDF_RICHMEDIA
    PDF contains /RichMedia (Adobe Flash) which is a historic exploit vector
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • 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)
  • 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
Adobe.swf
ce5f7936cf8e3536a88a804ce2d6902022df1794fa878bdc64a26866e34ba989
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xAC3 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
31c85c6b9f8490f7964580e8ce957f84b0e803a85a9b5b615cf1e8da4c1902de
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1564 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).