Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2d3883482e6cfe5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.7 KB Created: 2010-08-23 00:48:37 Authoring application: preyOld hieIces
MD5: 6d7faac7c1b852bb8624cbfa66747879 SHA-1: 4adbf3e38c21b75228e832bcdfcbc642ca5ae10a SHA-256: b2d3883482e6cfe54acd93cd316314396586667c2cf66fdda75131de2f7655c9
146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious Script T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF sample contains XFA forms with JavaScript that triggers a heap spray exploit. This script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload, indicated by the embedded file artifact 'embedded_file_obj0010.bin'. The presence of XFA heap spray and embedded script payloads strongly suggests a malicious intent to compromise the user's system.

Heuristics 7

  • 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
  • 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.

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 0x12E0 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x1391 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
836910db5ec87f9ce5f6da260ffaa14d0ff5a52cb10a25a8dc91e65a5afc58f6
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x1484 25164 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 0x4263 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
cb61012009c3e37e25a8604e0044b3130e8bf2596ea56ba083fe14ae231c6a03
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x4354 131 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x4412 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x44B9 56 bytes