Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7b7bf6cbb7310435…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.3 KB Created: 2011-04-05 23:46:28 Authoring application: bub lob
MD5: 576de03a7d0e68588905cc0fc3927542 SHA-1: 69d5e6b6be821f2706f882915e88848ae33a722b SHA-256: 7b7bf6cbb7310435bcd3270fd1aa5e4e0df42f40425f35cf2560f37815e42785
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains XFA forms and an embedded JavaScript payload. The JavaScript is obfuscated but appears to be designed to download and execute a second-stage payload. The 'PDF_UNESCAPE' and 'PDF_XFA_SCRIPT' heuristics indicate the presence of malicious scripting within the XFA form. The extracted JavaScript file, 'stream_001_off0000032a.js', is the primary artifact for further analysis.

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
62cf355ada2c4744b3536b819dc821aa9361001d78f1357034502dfd6e163c37
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).