Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05b79a4435bdcfd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

28.5 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: styeZek colSnap
MD5: 08b9900675f803a697574c66cc05c44e SHA-1: 6a338c9813e7c860d0eab7e5baf5542e347b534d SHA-256: 05b79a4435bdcfd7ceaa658cc2878219c1c64b6336b2aa8ba9af761a6fb39076
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA forms with executable scripts and an eval() call, indicating it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically as a dropper for further malware. The presence of embedded files further supports this, as they likely contain the secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 8

  • XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream low PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD
    PDF 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.
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xtd/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-form/2.8/

Extracted artifacts 8

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
04462f810d6eacdacecc9d0a5f3f81bebc722af4415e04da19b520338f642b51
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xD7 67 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
e2e0f6c5cb2e0b2697da89386bfc3718eedaf1b6a2b1d24dd1176d27117bf77a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x162 781 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
76e71e452338d7384967dbf3b8d5c06bea128714940cb02957dd801959b08deb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x4BA 87 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
a2c6f59f75c4cea828eb69db2ff5941d25c1e0b40f4f7a6a4a79372cfae24ebf
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x55C 26080 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
103d1e7983cf88bfacedddb4af33ffb5317d9c2c8b3e1bfd987b2c5d712bc985
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x6B87 323 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
9035511eba39b5ffb4bdec81b45c98867875af195e374d460662ede3e9237621
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x6D14 163 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0x6DFD 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0016.bin
78b09463af5cd373870eae2e3e83de87b7f6b659e0d0117ab4c09d90ebb2ad95
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x6E91 68 bytes