PDF malware analysis — malicious · a3b613ec639d3c4a

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.0 KB Created: 2010-09-01 12:42:55 Authoring application: memBrit popeAye

MD5: ff5adfc8413796d47d00f4274df6d2ab SHA-1: cab78cadbe2210a1ceacc498baf0d49191fa01e1 SHA-256: a3b613ec639d3c4a7bdf7de67d10c35a3e39e458efe684c3a254c51c386cf1c7

168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF sample contains critical XFA heap spray exploit code and risky executable scripts within its streams. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness. The presence of embedded files, particularly 'embedded_file_obj0010.bin', suggests the document is a dropper for further malicious content. The XFA heap spray exploit is designed to facilitate the execution of embedded scripts, which are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 0x1225	84 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0009.bin` `24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x12D6	228 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0010.bin` `5a53b5cd845629fff04b685dc57d5bbc913bcc4461ecbaa0db44848a5be5c4b8`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x13C9	23905 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 0x3FBB	199 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0012.bin` `ac0aebc8e377f094d4fddc3f93ed5d913a9e788221a14ad54c15224d3ab93128`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x40AD	131 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0013.bin` `e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x416D	77 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0014.bin` `92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4214	56 bytes

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.