MALICIOUS
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
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Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188PDF 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.
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XFA form contains risky executable script high PDF_XFA_SCRIPTPDF 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.
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XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code critical PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAYPDF 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.
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Secondary embedded PDF body has suspicious static findings high POLYGLOT_CHILD_PDF_STATIC_TRIAGEA 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.
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF 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.
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JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPTPDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded JS stream low PDF_JSPDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTONPDF 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
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0033.binc06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 33 at offset 0x74E9 | 85 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0034.binc3e1960ce8b7916804612ba3ca5a7383bd8329a68775ea4b0663e450b46fc6c3 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 34 at offset 0x759B | 1675 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0035.bin4ad0facd5457d1a89335a2900a52642831e54a79cb389c0be49c88c9eb09a232 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 35 at offset 0x788E | 5264 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0036.bined762fbdece2f28698a9b616738dad71743a6f16ae241aac314fe0a6ffbde9b6 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 36 at offset 0x80B1 | 11668 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
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embedded_file_obj0037.bin9de85e34edf3e917e689a8038021a103f1a74681300a3e2b9c5fc0f1e5334c45 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 37 at offset 0x82CA | 2228 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0038.bin57045217c453d4674a08ad8778674bf199a7989a9505424a1815c016e6bb412f |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 38 at offset 0x8585 | 212 bytes |
javascript_obj0025_000.js4a1aca004cf20431c9a66dce85404a6411a54d881a6c257882260ffc972a13eb |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 25 at offset 0x6D72 | 870 bytes |
javascript_obj0027_001.js4e139c8b22ec16bd5aa51575c80dec2bbf89b76977a06b68473031a0eb206366 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 27 at offset 0x6EF6 | 2794 bytes |
javascript_obj0029_002.jsc876171bd867b66b7671fb337ff9e57d18cd15b43d344cf5a7243821300a408a |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 29 at offset 0x71E5 | 1528 bytes |
stream_020_off00034db7.js9134c785972e8c1e54fe92812f50f80331dd11280d06f658557d556d16384ae2 |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34DB7 | 4517 bytes |
font_00_cff_off00001217.bin23831e143e2e1a484b95ee765b15d94562c951468b895c080e655667dc04ddf0 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x1217 | 31178 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off000308a7.bin78fe6a894c1b462851cea455109277db663b429c3ede1d4ef1e6360fea641bad |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x308A7 | 179276 bytes |
polyglot_child_pdf_off00030319.pdfd9963c9b829cade1dc2147cbf3fc0f0cd47df6df71d9b610c97fabc789b5c174 |
polyglot-child-pdf | Secondary PDF body inside pdf container at offset 0x30319 | 24688 bytes |
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