Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 463a1258a85a79d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.1 KB Created: 2010-09-15 15:12:35 Authoring application: sat yay
MD5: c4a496e7ffda3c893dc12cfcf15fbc54 SHA-1: 0db7c50ea546c13b7f69c3f6f6b9674a4ec4f738 SHA-256: 463a1258a85a79d5fc577f04a1235566b2935c83be5dec29da982eb41906aa7b
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF sample contains critical heuristic firings indicating an XFA heap spray exploit. This exploit code is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The presence of unescape() calls and embedded script markers further supports the malicious nature of the document.

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.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
  • 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 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0007.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 7 at offset 0x881 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x932 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0003.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 3 at offset 0xA22 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0006.bin
63caf157bbc61966a2b6e2ada99cef782ddb6ec209e861df14e6f0b2af25ff86
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 6 at offset 0xB12 119 bytes
embedded_file_obj0019.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 19 at offset 0xBC9 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xC70 56 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
858ab256eb02d9d8d1248ba6e751bae5161a462ac69860b38c54ece1a730223b
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0xFAD 16878 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).