Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c98c8c80729a809…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.3 KB
MD5: ba1edd4b54154da8a5c091f3fa62aab4 SHA-1: b4513c52e575e4c4cc31b0e0892c1d80be645c8f SHA-256: 1c98c8c80729a809ab90839fd8fb484fc557c3607d86bf56869dfd45c8ef8658
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be a vector for exploits. Critical heuristics indicate PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT, suggesting the presence of exploit code designed to spray the heap and execute risky script. The embedded file and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature. The primary attack vector appears to be leveraging XFA scripting to execute a payload, likely delivered via the embedded file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code critical PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY
    PDF contains XFA script content with heap-spray or shellcode-like JavaScript markers such as large encoded word sequences, util.pack, large arrays, or spray variable names. This is a weaponised Adobe Reader exploit pattern, not a normal interactive form.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
0526fbf4e9110bbfeffa9b88b57ba03a7a5526b262cc2be11dbf04175472d243		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC8 11835 bytes

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