Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c86758b54ce7e68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.3 KB Created: 2011-04-05 23:46:28 Authoring application: bfub loab
MD5: 5a47bcacf5d1d1a4b563f086e5d1f493 SHA-1: 1be1a77d397f67590bf87bb97023f928534c3c71 SHA-256: 8c86758b54ce7e68f272c7189bf273d6fcde46014ff6a7ab6de404e9b7044546
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains embedded JavaScript, identified by the PDF_XFA_SCRIPT and PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD heuristics. The script, extracted as 'stream_001_off00000334.js', is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload. The PDF_UNESCAPE heuristic indicates that the script content may be obfuscated. The presence of an embedded file and XFA form further supports the malicious nature of the document.

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_off00000334.js
432fc5276d63fc1cab1f9dbe908d8bb5c17b1abe1e62b7d5ae43108358069d0c
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x334 56130 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).