Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0864beea47112eb0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.5 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: styeZek colSnap
MD5: d0eda44f8c3e8015f1897ababfce9e88 SHA-1: 53f73826d5825c596f6f473d9ef0221b185e37d2 SHA-256: 0864beea47112eb0ec0e62b37d951d76cb3a2a5531a64ff5be76593edfb3a214
198 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains XFA forms with risky executable scripts, indicated by multiple high-severity heuristic firings including PDF_EVAL and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded scripts are likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as evidenced by the extraction of suspicious embedded files.

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 0xDB 67 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
38c81935ce11af5f7ac843faedee50e3f72f9fb62219a5761db7ba2d82e88742
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x167 65 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
cf0affc2e1012ec6c2cce6f06a8929d8c7111d72109cae6df644366f8fe1707e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x1F3 772 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
13f0420cb0418d8fc8e9a329cf5a33f5ce34e726db851185f80316e2316b95bf
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x542 27044 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
103d1e7983cf88bfacedddb4af33ffb5317d9c2c8b3e1bfd987b2c5d712bc985
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x6F31 323 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
09422b3951a8ed3fa47161645ad8df159ad259b32d97aa07ee63ecd7803582aa
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x70BE 164 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 0x71A8 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0016.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x723C 56 bytes