Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60770b0f64bf4da5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB
MD5: 02f947b48739d9ae9e6ddf545f6e420d SHA-1: 691283b1fc0ae3cc5292c82a7880c89ef9b80ed6 SHA-256: 60770b0f64bf4da5e49d582c4b155f73424ce42ff01a584dd97ceb6df381f088
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains XFA forms with embedded JavaScript that triggers a heap spray exploit. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, and the ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78' indicates it's a known dropper. The embedded file and script payload further support the conclusion that this PDF is a malicious downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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 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 script payload in PDF stream low 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 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
542f4dd028d84486e8d8cc68edfc3f0376b00c4d64b8955eefb3f62b8d3ec2ce		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC8 11403 bytes

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