MALICIOUS
402
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
The PDF file contains multiple JavaScript streams, including calls to `eval()` and `unescape()`, and is identified as an XFA form with risky executable script. The script attempts to trick the user into updating Adobe Reader by presenting an alert box and directing them to `http://cgi.adobe.com/special/acrobat/update`, which is likely a lure for downloading a secondary exploit or payload. The presence of U3D content and embedded files further indicates malicious intent.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9869
Heuristics 16
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XFA form contains risky executable script high PDF_XFA_SCRIPTPDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
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U3D/3D content in PDF — Adobe Reader 3D parser CVE-family indicator high PDF_U3D_CVE_RELATEDPDF contains U3D (Universal 3D) or 3D annotation content — CVE-2011-2462 and CVE-2009-3953 are critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader's U3D processing that allow arbitrary code execution. U3D content in PDFs is extremely rare in normal documents.
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Embedded PDF child has suspicious static findings critical PDF_EMBEDDED_CHILD_STATIC_TRIAGEPDF contains an embedded PDF stream whose extracted child matches suspicious or malicious PDF heuristics. Wrapper PDFs are commonly used to hide the actual exploit or lure payload from scanners that do not recursively inspect attachments.
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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.
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eval() call high PDF_EVALeval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF stream bytes contain an HTML/XFA <script> tag without accompanying Windows shell-execution primitives — common in accessible XFA forms but worth surfacing for analyst review.
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Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
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JavaScript action low 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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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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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODEString.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
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AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTONPDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
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Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTALThe same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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.pdfmachine.com
- http://www.broadgun.com)Tj
- http://pdfmachine.com
- http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
- http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
- http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
- http://www.your.domain.com
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://cgi.adobe.com/special/acrobat/update
- http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.4/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.2/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/
Extracted artifacts 19
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0008.binc06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x686AF | 85 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0009.bince75a85ad744dc6bd3f985f71c092883b743463972eff168ee9ffb2336c4b0c8 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x68760 | 1333 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0010.bin34947838c6ff704a8af99b706b5a0d69774d4b8df3f1ab25c0f1afe9ac8be76b |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x689E2 | 66943 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 17 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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embedded_file_obj0011.bin5f46a4aa50bf20cf566ff569220627bd3d337eb0f82d34eb699337756ad09c73 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x72CD6 | 2262 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0012.bine45851fdfd997f7b3eae0f62d6f4820fe7801f3abb9b20f7bb34e90c22f8e732 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x72FB9 | 142 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0013.bin64c0bb66f310529eab132369c19856140bcd190d2ce069d57343c3caa9ac2709 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x7307F | 724 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0014.bina60265344cf1a9e94da34c8f587f64a4297e2fa417c895852209903ab7588bcc |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x7325F | 85 bytes |
disclaimer.pdf890cb280c647c2743048717ed8c46eb42225594f115f08c85db53169c8ea46b5 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x7340E | 10232 bytes |
21130-415.stpc1ce6c448a126dd77776d8272a89eb21df19c2dca24eb9944755dae03181599f |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 17 at offset 0x7E85D | 4194304 bytes |
21130-415.pdf26dec4f1cbc2bb99a9b2a76dc3a7355026baa9badc9439e2c03145963a8483cb |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 18 at offset 0x17E9D4 | 38669 bytes |
21130-415.dxf77ebf7b56343103cc91e654d10eaa6bf5d751688f81c5aec07aaff3f757e44a0 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 19 at offset 0x187C72 | 551574 bytes |
21130-415.dwg47dfb97b4162a50a436dc4bd9988ed5c7c1b4a382a5f96a30b365df8aeeb0d7d |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 20 at offset 0x192081 | 157725 bytes |
javascript_obj0032_000.jsc876171bd867b66b7671fb337ff9e57d18cd15b43d344cf5a7243821300a408a |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 32 at offset 0x961 | 1528 bytes |
javascript_obj0033_001.js4a1aca004cf20431c9a66dce85404a6411a54d881a6c257882260ffc972a13eb |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 33 at offset 0xB45 | 870 bytes |
javascript_obj0034_002.jsc2d25683b87f35b2c97fd55b4b4d3fb2c8e428989cc7f8de755a12031e1ce557 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 34 at offset 0xC9A | 3843 bytes |
javascript_obj0077_003.js79b8f0f177a0008f708dd536c4fb018567c63c7be00473aedaa68987cb6db796 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 77 at offset 0x66C06 | 28087 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 26 long hex-escaped blob(s).
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stream_013_off00023bb8.bin89e1b991265d1f6fbb8cde8b0aad297979cf2ecc58616c20bb94d5f5319d200f |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x23BB8 | 549248 bytes |
font_00_cff_off00005fac.bin28345a751bc247acbf8155171a43d69e366aa8df344a8a0a8a8304436513e01c |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x5FAC | 66185 bytes |
font_01_cff_off00011420.bin96161e3d15cf67591ef2a1c87940c8dc0af59a94fcfab5d6bfcf4cb992a24af8 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x11420 | 64586 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact entropy is 7.45, consistent with packed or encrypted content.
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