Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9498bd369bd68bf4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.9 KB Created: 2010-08-31 13:32:38 Authoring application: lugGels lugMayo
MD5: 582f7aa898ee681fe92f8e8ae9185b6f SHA-1: 885f2a73c94490531bdb63877e1654208e3148f3 SHA-256: 9498bd369bd68bf4f1ab43dd60d4aa5f8774789d6b78feb34e29af8e045560ef
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF sample contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be vulnerable to heap spray attacks. The critical 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 second-stage payload. The exact nature of the payload is not discernible from the provided evidence, but the exploit mechanism is clear.

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 0x133D 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x13EE 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
1a69e56fcc501df97745191202b25d70a52298923741065ebe2991b32de622c1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x14E1 25744 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 0x4324 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
9a2a4a8a0ee4653d3b4ee700d4438a80b321b4bf3cdab2e745c128c632ff6d33
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x4415 131 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x44D2 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4579 56 bytes