Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b950e4f900ff4c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.5 KB
MD5: b4040738ff4c3de9f28810aa2a12be5c SHA-1: 972e9f7f8577adc32a9076c282d6b9a6c77fe10a SHA-256: 2b950e4f900ff4c19d0fa465d32e96795d7d1117e384f7354b2eddc5a012adc0
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 Service Execution: JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be a vector for exploits. Heuristics indicate a heap spray exploit using JavaScript within the XFA form. This suggests the file is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

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.
  • 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: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Heuristics.PDF.ObfuscatedNameObject
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PSSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off0000005f.js
e5f66d772a76755b6381dcc179edb7b319735bc6b4ec0cde1d915bb878b1c204
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5F 84692 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).