Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffec78e2551ad486…

MALICIOUS

PDF

147.5 KB
MD5: 9fc55ac2a78a6edcca246307f249dfce SHA-1: edd2647bf80e3b5fdc5661ae51a18a5175257135 SHA-256: ffec78e2551ad486b024491a73d8d4de52d03d028469cbdef050217b1c968fca
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript and triggers multiple PDF-specific heuristics, including unescape() calls and ASCIIHexDecode filters, indicating an exploit attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript, identified as 'javascript_obj0013_000.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload from the suspicious URL http://www.bitstream.com.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36189
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_000.js
a48fddfc1e49419c9e52138b96afdce9846657eba3fd7ece5bd37df59353a028		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x10531 27749 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
font_00_sfnt_off00000352.bin
a8f4d9b7d604c3c8a0bf3f9a31b9e952d467f98d118fdc784d95d689a14d8a33		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x352 65932 bytes

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