PDF malware analysis — malicious · 9fb2b368ef28f561

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.3 KB Created: 2010-08-01 04:20:19 Authoring application: daceWis muleDoc

MD5: bd2296c2ba58ee887dd5fe1a1e661a3b SHA-1: 1f1b13c92bea66f2ee3c78e72599e33169f2d5d4 SHA-256: 9fb2b368ef28f5617cb0f0e583cf62baf1589e4519c2cb5172ea32e73fc925f6

138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY heuristic indicates the presence of exploit code designed to spray the heap. Additionally, PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT heuristics confirm that risky executable script is present within the XFA form, likely intended to download and execute a second-stage payload from the embedded artifact 'embedded_file_obj0010.bin'.

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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0008.bin` `d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x17AB	84 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0009.bin` `24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x185C	228 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0010.bin` `cf24c9521dde7a725eaa65f8960ef6ed5bf4ed53c27d981d5189e3935391434c`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x194F	28934 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 0x4D0F	199 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0012.bin` `1c736f5c3a46c7bb773b8516d5df9453bf649e3b151aa08e41c18c0a78cd6c00`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x4E01	131 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0013.bin` `e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x4EC1	77 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0014.bin` `92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4F68	56 bytes

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