Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b707d0800462028f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

11.7 KB Created: 2010-11-26 17:42:14 Authoring application: sob dit
MD5: fd10bafdfe709763b853e8577cf340da SHA-1: 437c42fd19f28a157c938751601d88b2b368a99f SHA-256: b707d0800462028f0da3883bd46e6cec6423649868d6ee276947260499ced6b4
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: Malicious File

The PDF file contains critical XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code, indicated by multiple high and critical heuristic firings. The embedded script payload is designed to execute malicious code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload. ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7216760-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7216760-0
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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_obj0012.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x97F 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0017.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 17 at offset 0xA31 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0002.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 2 at offset 0xB21 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0016.bin
50cb0502efa4cd4c657c719076596b920732dcedb5444379811b38e6768624fe
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0xC12 119 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0xCCA 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xD71 56 bytes
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
d41588a276309ed8e22eb8ee59e5bf4691585dd06ad01df3aaa9d30e7c86500c
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x10AB 11385 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).