Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3e867efbdfed1d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

25.8 KB Created: 2006-02-01 14:14:12 Authoring application: Wegoptyr (via HghTc6Fs)
MD5: f1532095dd25c47fc71d6d2ac6c24414 SHA-1: 957b62a4ba768f21a04e3b32022cabd9505dffa6 SHA-256: f3e867efbdfed1d3882f69fe09d26df4f076a439e8e5017116d203dde2691a00
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript streams, with heuristic firings indicating the use of eval() and general JavaScript execution. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the presence of obfuscated script content and the general nature of such PDF-based attacks. No specific family could be identified due to the generic nature of the attack.

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
56b40a0ff20c5399a361a4c28e157cb478e67ec52ee706178023ea20fca84730
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1EE 25260 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
javascript_obj0007_001.js
8188e62b826eab10837e29b5d32965847aa6e4517cd6b2afea92a99aa8c2ba23
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1EE 25021 bytes