Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cce5eb74ccad5deb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.8 KB
MD5: 4697a1a0b2ec22ba4818457a33f88744 SHA-1: 2c8811fe8ab333be6f17567409e7551330fde839 SHA-256: cce5eb74ccad5deb110a47ab28d2876a4fa0f2c29fa3ac9073abc16ad0808b4d
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and triggers a critical heuristic for CVE-2010-2883, indicating an exploit attempt. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload. The presence of XFA form elements and ASCIIHexDecode filters further supports the exploit vector. The document body is unreadable, but the technical indicators strongly suggest a malicious exploit delivery.

Heuristics 6

  • Adobe Reader CoolType SING font exploit — CVE-2010-2883 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_2883
    PDF embeds a TrueType/OpenType font with an actual SING table and pairs it with JavaScript heap-spray shellcode. This matches the public Adobe Reader CoolType SING exploit shape for CVE-2010-2883.
  • ASCIIHexDecode filter (with exploit indicators) medium PDF_FILTER_HEX
    Hex-encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — often used to hide payload or shellcode bytes
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0012_000.js
7e5c80de0e4f84db869dc199e906e15a71fa1c8e890a9079ceffd75e9e369764
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xA0BA 3730 bytes
font_00_sfnt_off0000033c.bin
683fcffe9abaad29001e134bdd9ad7d1628d5cbbf628c451b6c621f202a7dae4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33C 65932 bytes