Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a12e27d15b01b86…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.7 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: styeZek colSnap
MD5: 7e4990b2b1fbb8d8cdcaea2c00d3ff4d SHA-1: 1452a5a74d02d53b1ba86426f765ae04c0e510ae SHA-256: 1a12e27d15b01b86ffa05efdc133c66e80a390fba5787f0ac7b1c9297d27459e
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded scripts and is flagged as exploiting a vulnerability (Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81). The presence of XFA forms with executable scripts indicates an attempt to run malicious code upon opening. While the specific payload is not directly visible, the heuristics suggest it's designed to download and execute a secondary stage. The embedded URL, though benign, is part of the document structure.

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium 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.
  • 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 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/

Extracted artifacts 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x1E5 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x294 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
d36740660d050b0bf697ed11f2e0f4ee99e9aabcc13d1eb6a1cef92070fbd497
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x387 1264 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x691 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
0a0aa00dbbd849e84bd30f916630ade97a6d1c281d9d69715d812091409bf321
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x783 34114 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x41F8 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x429F 56 bytes