Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef6677902d5d46df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.8 KB Created: 2006-02-01 14:14:12 Authoring application: Wegoptyr (via HghTc6Fs)
MD5: b5c8111767bd7b219d1684ccdedbf7f3 SHA-1: 1a05071611ea98df883f2f93fb5c161264d66a94 SHA-256: ef6677902d5d46df1315384124e1ae469c34ac390318d116edcb25202ae8e45a
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, with one stream being particularly large and obfuscated. Heuristics indicate the presence of JavaScript actions and an eval() call, suggesting the script is designed to execute arbitrary code. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
937af3560c2c0d2815feaf3b13440c7e565eb422fb67a66128683f096e13c395
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1EE 26352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
e6be08d10af4a69cf9563674c9e0dfcb8783c077d14ecf3f6c000bb8e50c34fd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1EE 506 bytes