Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7552e66e2f0e9b3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB
MD5: 1e24030e5d505ac2824a62b65ef0dcfe SHA-1: 6270b6a4f9a12a05cd090cbd0638f5bf947364b4 SHA-256: 7552e66e2f0e9b3f1d6dc8d7f5b974933e97709f5991e26990c028406e26929c
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains an XFA form with embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics. The script likely attempts to exploit a vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, as indicated by the ML classifier and the PDF_UNESCAPE heuristic. An embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0008.bin', was also extracted, suggesting a downloader or dropper functionality.

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.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits
  • 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.
  • 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/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
6403a87c01fcb310a4afe9962918f7e189f17e6d73f695920bb46ad876ca1a8f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC6 69408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).