Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 edcb291bef759ed8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB
MD5: 05009ad8bfb9ad9b3d0f717d31129578 SHA-1: e4a8b1e32f77c32e1a1ab5c45ff64d1ea030e9be SHA-256: edcb291bef759ed86924f360decfac03af0386d2fbebd6aebc809d32c7202129
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, and a high ML classifier score. The embedded JavaScript stream, named 'javascript_obj0006_000.js', is a strong indicator of an attempted exploit or payload delivery. The presence of RichMedia (Flash) further suggests an attempt to leverage external content for malicious purposes. The combination of these factors points to a sophisticated attack vector.

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 0xACB 55839 bytes
javascript_obj0006_000.js
8ab00533b0fa52648f07d7e2a297cac33c8f33dc1f44d59847f69e4665a565f4
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xF5 1582 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).