Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cdbe979de46305f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.7 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: styeZek colSnap
MD5: 2d59122c5088badd791ab81693deca73 SHA-1: 893ac9390dbc38b83b20355dda0932dee51b816f SHA-256: 9cdbe979de46305f38beb4531c03b5cc8bd609fd5a812cc2e4a22e159ffc4d09
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded scripts and is flagged by multiple heuristics, including PDF_XFA_SCRIPT and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS, indicating malicious intent. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded scripts are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, a common technique for this type of attack.

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
e81adb43897d1e8b54e02f3172001c3148127fb706e92f3fc6b3c591cc3c7455		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x3AB 1362 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x6E4 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
9311aa8455904f480895cb5d349b2da2208668e00eee5c5b4d80ddfbcd42314b		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x7D6 34003 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x4222 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x42C9 56 bytes

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