Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1302de80af706a9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

834.2 KB Created: 2006-08-24 11:39:46 +02:00 Authoring application: Acrobat PDFMaker 7.0.7 for Word (via Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)) First seen: 2026-05-10
MD5: 8f792f14e20f3d0d0a9af1798c679f9f SHA-1: 111d0eeb1336b8968133a209d2ebc779dd3f862a SHA-256: 1302de80af706a9f6f56788415ba70d0a5715a11c346014bb5451154fd5a493a
634 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the `exportDataObject` function to launch an embedded executable disguised as 'obrazec.pdf'. The embedded executable is detected as Win.Trojan.Swrort-5710536-0 by ClamAV. The PDF also contains a launch action targeting `cmd.exe` with parameters that suggest it attempts to change directories and potentially execute the dropped payload. The presence of a URL associated with 'zeustech.net' suggests a potential command and control or download source.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9767

Heuristics 16

  • Adobe Reader Launch action command execution critical CVE exact CVE_2010_1240
    PDF uses the Adobe Reader/Acrobat Launch action pattern associated with CVE-2010-1240: cmd.exe is invoked with attacker-controlled parameters, paired with an embedded/exported payload.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586
  • Launch action critical PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action whose target is an executable, URL, or UNC path — can start an external application
  • Embedded Windows executable payload in PDF stream critical PDF_EMBEDDED_PE_PAYLOAD
    PDF stream bytes contain an embedded Windows executable with a verified PE header. Exploit chains often hide droppers inside ordinary streams rather than standard /EmbeddedFile attachments.
  • /Launch action target: cmd.exe critical PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND
    PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target with parameters '/Q /C %HOMEDRIVE%&cd %HOMEPATH%&(if exist "Desktop\\obrazec.pdf" (cd "Desktop"' — references a known-dangerous executable (cmd, PowerShell, etc.).
  • Embedded attachment masquerades: declared document, content is windows-executable critical PDF_EMBEDDED_FILESPEC_CONTENT_MISMATCH
    An /EmbeddedFile attachment's declared filename extension or /Subtype MIME type contradicts the magic bytes of its decompressed content. The attachment is declared as a benign document or image but the bytes are an executable or executable-bearing archive. This is a deliberate deception used to hide droppers in PDF attachments and is a generic indicator of embed-and-drop weaponisation, independent of any specific CVE.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact critical 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.
  • /Launch action paired with attachment-dropping JS API high PDF_LAUNCH_PLUS_DROPPER_JS
    PDF combines a /Launch action with a JavaScript API call that writes or opens an attached/external resource — the canonical shape of the CVE-2010-1240 /Launch + exportDataObject family. Benign PDFs do not pair these surfaces; the combination indicates a drop-and-execute chain regardless of the specific JS API knobs or /Launch target.
  • Clickable PDF combines external action with parser-evasion structure high PDF_ACTION_PARSER_EVASION
    PDF has an external clickable URI together with object graph or xref structures that make parsers disagree, such as divergent duplicate objects, parser divergence, or xref offset mismatch. That combination is stronger than a plain link: the document is both an outward-action carrier and a parser-confusion/evasion sample.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding 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.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • Optional Content Group with action trigger low PDF_OPTIONAL_CONTENT
    Optional Content Group (layer) co-occurs with an action trigger — content can be selectively hidden from viewers or scanners while the action still fires on open
  • External URI low PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The 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.
  • 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.zeustech.net/ Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://]hostname[:port]/pathPDF link annotation
    • tcp://192.168.123.175:31337PDF link annotation
    • http://www.monotype.comMonotypePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#PDF link annotation
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/PDF link annotation
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdfx/1.3/PDF link annotation
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/PDF link annotation
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/PDF link annotation
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/PDF link annotation
    • http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/PDF link annotation
    • http://www.apache.org/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/CPS��PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.comPDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/verisignlogo.gif0��PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/CPS0bPDF link annotation
    • http://www.microsoft.com/typographyPDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/rpaPDF link annotation
    • http://ocsp.verisign.com/ocsp/status0PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/rpa0PDF link annotation
    • http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/CodeSignPCA.crl0PDF link annotation
    • http://www.monotype.com/html/mtname/ms_timesnewroman.htmlhttp://www.monotype.com/html/mtname/ms_welcome.htmlhttp://www.monotype.com/html/type/license.htmlPDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/RPA0PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/verisignlogo.gif0�PDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/CPSPDF link annotation
    • https://www.verisign.com/repository/CPSPDF link annotation
    • http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/0PDF link annotation

Extracted artifacts 21

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
High_Quality_Print.joboptions pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 31 at offset 0x2F4EC 15773 bytes
SHA-256: 92c1099a336b70e5880354bb469740551af654515aa5d5c09de8ad1b8f33cf14
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 13 long base64-like blob(s).
obrazec.pdf pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 813 at offset 0xC559E 73802 bytes
SHA-256: 59ad656ce99189a4ba06d054c2408a2a13922ab814dec7d4603e2e222ffd8cfc
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Trojan.Swrort-5710536-0
Obfuscation or payload: likely
actual_type=PE; declared_or_context_type=PDF; filename=obrazec.pdf; kind=pdf-embedded-file Static shellcode analysis recovered the Metasploit stager connect-back address: 192.168.123.175:31337 (reverse/x86, lab (non-routable)) Static shellcode analysis found candidate code region(s). Indicators: SC_PEB_ACCESS, SC_MSF_BIND, SC_PUSH_STRING Static shellcode analysis recovered API/import strings: kernel32.dll, advapi32.dll, KERNEL32.DLL, ADVAPI32.DLL, LoadLibraryA, GetProcAddress
javascript_obj0814_002.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 814 at offset 0xD0232 56 bytes
SHA-256: 994692bfedaee3efe27ccbc4b7eef2addff13ab595b6261a6a84a8e3dfeaef38
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
this.exportDataObject({ cName: "obrazec", nLaunch: 0 });
stream_018_off00024326.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x24326 11308 bytes
SHA-256: 39c560b0050fc9be63cef1878e67702f37a6fbf2adf241fb52c1fef47fe1113e
stream_031_off00035e05.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35E05 409252 bytes
SHA-256: a0f5b5f69a88877ffaa1733f0e0bbf9b4b3eef82f4ff804c724870cecea228d2
font_00_sfnt_off0000310a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x310A 53576 bytes
SHA-256: 15cabee77e95978e006dc8a5156d3906617da778153309a285895ec974ffcf4d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ab4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAB4B 64604 bytes
SHA-256: 80238bef4b7a46c9166cbb8a77a6ae2ae4cc0355d9b101d465a32d12272bde87
font_02_sfnt_off00014544.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14544 30680 bytes
SHA-256: 38d7fe29b7092cd802dadde459ade60fbe56f9539aa2c83796a49ee26ddd9b27
font_03_sfnt_off00017ce6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17CE6 31448 bytes
SHA-256: 65e2a27214b96f2929f6f6251d04f98cc68e59aff87f0aef0dd48bddb7bea5d2
font_04_sfnt_off0002161e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2161E 22300 bytes
SHA-256: ac2198fde2f5bb476e5a2665be1557e87b05cba4bf82e40f9b70f94c31324984
font_06_sfnt_off00026a25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26A25 28532 bytes
SHA-256: 8aa7864177e0fa052afb274a895212522189f567e37fb05b9789042a1b76ba60
font_07_sfnt_off00029a0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x29A0F 21836 bytes
SHA-256: a3bbae99b1bb78c00a878a8b4081e5e7f5f2f8ed196eb0146092c823612ea470
font_08_sfnt_off0002c56a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C56A 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 41d06f02de86fc1d9faa89e5e059a9ee5d00e9dbe080e029c96bf7f2712bf84c
font_10_sfnt_off000874bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x874BC 31448 bytes
SHA-256: d3a5f8f7e77f2179e3d9de22eb6fe97dde6c839c88b0cec4e8f8558421b15532
font_11_sfnt_off0008b07c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B07C 31116 bytes
SHA-256: 1f790a732a3813e35b8da56820e578d3f2a766721fa5d0d0b3262974003c626a
font_12_sfnt_off0008eb14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8EB14 51880 bytes
SHA-256: 18877b68a331a75f014e489bdf48397ae96efe853d0cb0c8bb5dea64bb692f56
font_13_sfnt_off0009636a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9636A 62384 bytes
SHA-256: f72bc2daa8844f168524a43b86422c85080804fe3aaae4c540a65f8959ca2c4f
font_14_sfnt_off000a9ae7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA9AE7 56604 bytes
SHA-256: 0b5b256860b506312081992696b3b05998c275bba6ce9726e203dfe05b8369fe
font_15_sfnt_off000b1dac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1DAC 66364 bytes
SHA-256: 28aa8530ab6b01d839f7b410fed45e3b6fb08ae26d3c5e2e6d1a821a34932b8b
font_16_sfnt_off000bbd10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBD10 31448 bytes
SHA-256: 4898ca53aa02a1fc5895412d701c861154f530c00a0545eb62d6cf7e9e076e62
font_17_sfnt_off000bf55e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF55E 31116 bytes
SHA-256: 62f29f335bbd337f1a093052633a3c98d6b76493a64245eecaa22faf23facde8