Malicious PDF / .TMP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edb2dd56f556164c…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TMP

1.95 MB
MD5: da61efee2f4ff403afa429f5af3c07bc SHA-1: 89c601abce20df4a2c7892055409c0f3957ef007 SHA-256: edb2dd56f556164c6d1c4b0bd0cae9d0fba150ec5d49b191bb3abec1464ea5c7
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by multiple heuristic firings including 'PDF_JAVASCRIPT', 'PDF_JS', and 'PDF_EVAL'. The 'PDF_EVAL' and 'PDF_FROMCHARCODE' heuristics suggest that the JavaScript is obfuscated and likely used to construct and execute malicious code. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The primary function appears to be the execution of obfuscated JavaScript, which is commonly used to download and execute further stages of malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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
javascript_obj111611_000.js
edef98f5ddf1487063db416869a4cdbfa7357a638e6ae11ca81ca727b7581802
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111611 at offset 0x197 257 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj111612_001.js
27ca134f34731b1713a888da206d8541fec73ba6bd8cf9e3f529cedbb1617013
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 111612 at offset 0x267 3308 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).