Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a95250cc4c613f04…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.4 KB Created: 2010-09-01 10:58:00 Authoring application: fadLwei resLwei
MD5: 77842d0d31f014ee7b0cd53d1cf2a05e SHA-1: d3707b5671a1fd607b92580560ebc9c69c16fa8b SHA-256: a95250cc4c613f043a9898663ebd8e282a75ad824a8b23a37c88e0d426584537
138 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 JavaScript heap-spray exploit code, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. An embedded script payload was also detected, further supporting malicious intent. The primary attack vector appears to be the exploitation of XFA form vulnerabilities, likely leading to the download and execution of a secondary payload from the embedded file.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x11DA 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x128B 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
048098a61203d0bbdd9adee8c419e12e1f3ccf76633d0a551ea59c7cae7a503b
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x137E 25340 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 0x412E 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
ec12d2406a4fce14067d4a8ea61206698b5491a524a7dcf5f9909037f172ba4f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x4220 131 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x42DF 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4386 56 bytes