Malicious PDF / .TMP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2633135995d9ee4…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TMP

216.9 KB Created: 2010-04-23 16:54:43 +08:00 Authoring application: Adobe Designer 7.0
MD5: c28d1f447bc23f21065dda2784d98fe9 SHA-1: 36c370a6416adb0bf3831dc0d0c38cb6a3693516 SHA-256: c2633135995d9ee4e3973ccbc658e3e095f01eef188c223ce1f78204cef5c19c
262 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell T1059.003 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell

The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY' and 'CVE_2010_0188' heuristics indicate the presence of exploit code targeting a heap spray vulnerability in Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript streams and the 'POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE' finding further suggest malicious scripting activity designed to download and execute a secondary payload.

Heuristics 12

  • Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188
    PDF contains XFA image data with an inline crafted TIFF payload and shellcode/delivery markers. This is the data-bound variant of the CVE-2010-0188 Adobe Reader LibTIFF/XFA exploit shape.
  • 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.
  • Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings high POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGE
    A valid PDF body was found at a nonzero offset inside another container and its carved contents matched PDF exploit or lure heuristics. This catches polyglots where the top-level magic routes to ZIP/OLE while a PDF reader or downstream parser opens the hidden PDF payload.
  • 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.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/

Extracted artifacts 13

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0033.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 33 at offset 0x74E9 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0034.bin
c3e1960ce8b7916804612ba3ca5a7383bd8329a68775ea4b0663e450b46fc6c3
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 34 at offset 0x759B 1675 bytes
embedded_file_obj0035.bin
4ad0facd5457d1a89335a2900a52642831e54a79cb389c0be49c88c9eb09a232
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 35 at offset 0x788E 5264 bytes
embedded_file_obj0036.bin
ed762fbdece2f28698a9b616738dad71743a6f16ae241aac314fe0a6ffbde9b6
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 36 at offset 0x80B1 11668 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
embedded_file_obj0037.bin
9de85e34edf3e917e689a8038021a103f1a74681300a3e2b9c5fc0f1e5334c45
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 37 at offset 0x82CA 2228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0038.bin
57045217c453d4674a08ad8778674bf199a7989a9505424a1815c016e6bb412f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 38 at offset 0x8585 212 bytes
javascript_obj0025_000.js
4a1aca004cf20431c9a66dce85404a6411a54d881a6c257882260ffc972a13eb
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 25 at offset 0x6D72 870 bytes
javascript_obj0027_001.js
4e139c8b22ec16bd5aa51575c80dec2bbf89b76977a06b68473031a0eb206366
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x6EF6 2794 bytes
javascript_obj0029_002.js
c876171bd867b66b7671fb337ff9e57d18cd15b43d344cf5a7243821300a408a
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x71E5 1528 bytes
stream_020_off00034db7.js
9134c785972e8c1e54fe92812f50f80331dd11280d06f658557d556d16384ae2
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34DB7 4517 bytes
font_00_cff_off00001217.bin
23831e143e2e1a484b95ee765b15d94562c951468b895c080e655667dc04ddf0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x1217 31178 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000308a7.bin
78fe6a894c1b462851cea455109277db663b429c3ede1d4ef1e6360fea641bad
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x308A7 179276 bytes
polyglot_child_pdf_off00030319.pdf
d9963c9b829cade1dc2147cbf3fc0f0cd47df6df71d9b610c97fabc789b5c174
polyglot-child-pdf Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x30319 24688 bytes