Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc4328fdcbc2e6e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.4 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: styeZek colSnap
MD5: 9f66654566d6eca0d640c7c07efb5218 SHA-1: 2ef782a79f037b45c5b576b5053951560752df96 SHA-256: bc4328fdcbc2e6e02adc8f8e9746a1e0d77abf73864917f7cce59db390ba0f08
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains embedded script payloads and XFA forms, which are flagged as risky executable scripts. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81' and a high ML classifier score indicate malicious intent. The embedded artifacts suggest the file is designed to exploit a vulnerability and likely download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81
  • 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

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 0x2C9 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x37A 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
b613dc7bdac9a9cfa77aa9ded5929ea07673161fc5262052a21a56a844e30297
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x46D 1473 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x7C2 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
1ea074e438baff45932db3fb44105856492c3c5627d1ca82ce7e47f74d60d837
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x8B4 34305 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x4347 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x43EE 56 bytes