Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ad8cfec94e24910…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.4 KB Created: 2011-04-05 23:46:28 Authoring application: bub lob
MD5: 5abe0a2cb5d642f688d49b9bf32ed2f5 SHA-1: 1c0de4331af5e8e58a2955a5aaaa9015243033ab SHA-256: 7ad8cfec94e2491099ca1c691dcd06b29b8075790b7bd0422971d78e6fef573f
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains an embedded JavaScript payload, indicated by multiple high-severity heuristic firings related to XFA forms and embedded scripts. The script, named 'stream_001_off0000032a.js', is likely responsible for the malicious behavior. The PDF structure itself shows signs of obfuscation and potential exploit usage. The exact intent of the script cannot be fully determined due to its size and potential obfuscation, but it is clearly designed to be executed by the PDF viewer.

Heuristics 6

  • 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 (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.
  • 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
  • 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.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_001_off0000032a.js
d5d5bba7e656df8fe4ac09cdf0be71df13b6e9da3b01f4a77d87bd5f722ac185
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x32A 56092 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).