Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a60b8bafc3be9e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.2 KB
MD5: 0c7499835d95356c444acbb1094b4300 SHA-1: 12aa4fbb84667acac7175736e6707f562574a051 SHA-256: 5a60b8bafc3be9e40119899c81b98e35a9d6c3c5def9c7a088de4e29a7d1a804
306 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that utilizes the unescape function, a common indicator of exploit code. Heuristics also indicate exploitation of CVE-2010-2883, an Adobe Reader vulnerability. The JavaScript payload is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent' ClamAV detection and the embedded script artifact. The presence of XFA forms and JavaScript actions further supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 11

  • Adobe Reader CoolType SING font exploit — CVE-2010-2883 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_2883
    PDF embeds a TrueType/OpenType font with an actual SING table and pairs it with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. This matches the public Adobe Reader CoolType SING exploit shape for CVE-2010-2883.
  • PDF JavaScript exploit cluster critical PDF_JS_EXPLOIT_CLUSTER
    PDF combines an executable JavaScript/action surface with exploit staging indicators such as eval/unescape/fromCharCode, XFA script content, or a related CVE pattern. Benign form JavaScript remains low-severity, but this correlated cluster is high-confidence malicious behavior.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7263285-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7263285-0
  • 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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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.
  • 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://www.bitstream.com
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/3.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0001_000.js
c89b25c16ab1af1bc69e28c6ba29f4a450ea0ee6abb99cee950fcc5a3dd4c922		 pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 1 at offset 0xA 2163 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
stream_002_off0000aba0.js
d1dfd457a2fdd3cec4091f689f39b85b35666aa5599ef3a8d5f9a80d1e2ce105		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xABA0 1042 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off00000de5.bin
292fa802ca51ee657761f849fd016ee67b1a56242000cf9acce69cdc0519cda2		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE5 65932 bytes
font_01_type1_off0000b044.bin
c6bf78478c9c4dd5b3b86554d34c78f847f70af4118f9ff083c1fccf0e8e932b		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0xB044 97 bytes
font_02_type1_off0000b2cd.bin
b749644b3e758e7335900ab2e7499eaa64b3a946849f1f8a0948287bdd96763d		 pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (type1) at offset 0xB2CD 144 bytes

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