Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b2974f5d1385630…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 67f32253b8ac32ade52ab88cb469829d SHA-1: a5d382ae3d0f40e41de9545118080e8ec4f902ee SHA-256: 4b2974f5d1385630c3aadf891228b86ba54420e572023b86e0b9d2a1f4e7c803
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA forms with heap spray exploit code and risky executable scripts. This indicates an attempt to leverage a vulnerability within the PDF reader to execute arbitrary code. The embedded file and script suggest a downloader or dropper functionality, though the specific payload is not discernible from the static analysis alone. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78' further supports the malicious nature.

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
18f8e0dc0e7c09636263002bce018f596fc70ad8b63f262be0684a7da5e940b7		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC8 11446 bytes

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