Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86aaed5004e01b5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.8 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: styeZek colSnap
MD5: 3169faeaae3ea3bae02219a4c51214ad SHA-1: 3cb20a49ffd06279f49a000c13df1513a60ddb66 SHA-256: 86aaed5004e01b5ef680b04dc8903e73fd03fbb41c15c5b8963c770632527258
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1559.001 Component Object Model Hijacking

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identifying it as Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81. High-severity heuristics indicate the presence of risky executable scripts within an XFA form, suggesting the document is designed to exploit vulnerabilities and deliver a payload. The embedded file objects further support the payload delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81
  • 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

Extracted artifacts 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x207 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x2B8 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
81ae35bf49c71ab87b46befb068a774e0872922b686093509120ce2479b6492e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x3AB 1373 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x6E4 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
1146f64aa995c85d093da876aef2da2ad2855547d4a9ec4461763b338deef3b5
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x7D6 34161 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x4261 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4308 56 bytes