PDF malware analysis — malicious · 98e0b44b39ee7797

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.9 KB Created: 2010-12-02 19:02:35 Authoring application: vow pap

MD5: 240c3bb3d93e8418cde92fcb6ce6faa4 SHA-1: a8bc74d3aed1212e4c05b9b1c8314bed5e92260c SHA-256: 98e0b44b39ee77972f4650018ca37789f276ee1711ffa6cf5848f2cb8193546a

210 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF sample contains XFA form elements that trigger a heap spray exploit. This exploit is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, indicated by the embedded file artifact. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious, supporting the exploit execution.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 7

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.
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 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0014.bin` `d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0xA95	84 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0019.bin` `24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 19 at offset 0xB47	228 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0004.bin` `c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0xC37	199 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0018.bin` `7bb69bacb6b62daec2bebd6f746f62d91456d26e899d2018a0cbbb9b20feff13`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 18 at offset 0xD28	119 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0003.bin` `e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 3 at offset 0xDDF	77 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0015.bin` `92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xE86	56 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0001.bin` `c6be07f7b938e6739f6957ab0ed8c942de98633c5a7d0e3bb93f5a76016ca2f7`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x11C0	11255 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).

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