Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 89ba2599b2bdff4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.9 KB Created: 2010-08-31 10:14:47 Authoring application: scagRoe batGrue
MD5: 8824501878b4081daaab7bf03078b7ee SHA-1: 7a2a3774acf50e1376da4c680a5995da14b2eadf SHA-256: 89ba2599b2bdff4c660e94f84935a9bdaffa0a0ade944deef3f3c9bdcc2f59a8
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Attachment T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF file contains XFA form elements which are known to be vulnerable to heap spray attacks. The heuristic PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY indicates the presence of exploit code designed to leverage this vulnerability. An embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0010.bin', was also detected, likely serving as the payload. The script within the XFA form is responsible for triggering the exploit.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xFD8 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x1089 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
7e4c9ed6cd6d16a27cff54cd148a5797bf12b65c495fd3debcbd20277e70f355
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x117C 25411 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x3F5E 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d5c0be04c46ac1f7d523d955a6ab8aa50363e08076e63efedca0b5538dd14672
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x4050 131 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x4110 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x41B7 56 bytes