PDF malware analysis — malicious · 4723275fedaa9621

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB Created: 2010-09-14 16:54:13 Authoring application: did bee

MD5: 3cdafbbab592bfb5e7f0a45e94f97db5 SHA-1: da03f1eaaaeb6b46bfc6c125441df06029e32f2e SHA-256: 4723275fedaa96210bc4de9867b400955bfe3d5b44c2db4b43c0794cdda94474

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.007 JavaScript/JScript

The PDF file contains critical XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code and embedded script payloads. The unescape() call and XFA form structure indicate an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0005.bin' is likely the secondary payload. The exploit targets XFA forms, a known vector for delivering malicious content.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0017.bin` `d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 17 at offset 0xE37	84 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0016.bin` `24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xEE9	228 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0008.bin` `c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xFD9	199 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0009.bin` `ef216f25fc7d752b194ac6c3bdb940f88ca96662b96c1cdd5158e9530c57b15c`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x10C9	119 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x1180	77 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0007.bin` `92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 7 at offset 0x1226	56 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0005.bin` `5ebf9cb13185e27e3c8d6cc3508c3ba1262f5c3481e9426f57d3c45876413e7f`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 5 at offset 0x1561	17012 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).

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