Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e61f6f5304013dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.2 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: styeZek colSnap
MD5: ceeb0baec7ffc97e677d70e53b5683ca SHA-1: 5c53382e7e421b8e6330f5efc6d66a9d33c0aa93 SHA-256: 0e61f6f5304013ddd1e0f2d1573cd82944dc6d2169a2eb25583c6518c694fbe4
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, flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics including PDF_EVAL and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT. ML classification and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded files and script obfuscation suggests the PDF is designed to download and execute a secondary payload, consistent with the ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81'.

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 7

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_obj0010.bin
5f70b878e3d54dde19570d8a7ff0baeaff8a890ed05f630bed70eb78cbc4a245
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x168 779 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
14e4d092645e73c32a08834d51c6b46914d8c9ca407973931f46d6a8b12f4ff6
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x4BE 452 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 0x6CD 323 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
713c2d2b1edd590f95d94c0bf9b182b4300f7c48d333af0bc8e90262f5f87ade
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x85A 12231 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 0x3867 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0016.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x38FB 56 bytes