Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b03f00f9cc5ce76b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

19.3 KB Created: 2010-08-30 14:45:49 Authoring application: barSawn sawnTau
MD5: 03ac801733022b745af9bb6ea1d5f92b SHA-1: eef6737a7667b9f611c34136e6009ee2ba178a52 SHA-256: b03f00f9cc5ce76b66865c6ac372df5e77d7b0340b998aed0c378da0181901b9
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment 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. The PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT heuristics confirm that executable script is present within the XFA form, likely to trigger the exploit. An embedded file, 'embedded_file_obj0010.bin', was also extracted, suggesting it is the payload.

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 0x13A8 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x1459 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
ce6ee19d09dadd8d1e7ea713bc0b7d567d578dba56a141912f8b3d140b2289bc
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x154C 26411 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 0x44DF 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
051482e47e6c6c011e4f6f0286ab32b5ee83818b266ca1f396e3efe524e2c3b0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x45D0 131 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x468D 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4734 56 bytes