Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fda6ab02a5080e15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

733 B
MD5: 108c3027d61b2c7328a490bcf3a6c330 SHA-1: a44bba5b05c53189c2cedf29e378f1030d1c55ed SHA-256: fda6ab02a5080e154429af213ce63d4ca02381e6f9e33dbdfb494a4b0a7c151f
148 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or download secondary payloads. The presence of `unescape()` and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS strongly suggests an exploit attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35905
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0005_000.js
d8a6b4ad1abf04d0c4a4f89535cfb57f7312edef25c443f4e844c8ec9d0929dd
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 5 at offset 0xFA 352 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).