Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b6fdc4b11680272…

MALICIOUS

PDF

465.6 KB
MD5: 536445d39de9f19947aa493c1ee57751 SHA-1: 3d478fcafa63159397eb34155fa15c099ddad503 SHA-256: 6b6fdc4b116802728ec763ac7b25472046465dd0cf58146b3755e7efcb83f135
158 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be vulnerable to heap spray attacks. The embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY heuristic, is likely responsible for executing malicious code. The ML classifier also strongly indicates maliciousness. No specific family could be identified, but the attack pattern is clear.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9625

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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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.
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/3.1/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off00000038.js
855de1cfcd5fce6d9b2d0bc5c701d788c50fb25f28f89add75f28074165e572a
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x38 4194304 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).