Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfac47906fbfd031…

MALICIOUS

PDF

20.7 KB
MD5: e4d2571190c010e3df286812d8536865 SHA-1: f50d52d6d8761348c516f6a23558b2a73374a4af SHA-256: cfac47906fbfd031c9effb099d1cdfe7f503f7e0b31a40f3ab2008663a434141
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 Service Execution: JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF file contains XFA form elements with embedded JavaScript that triggers a heap spray exploit. This script is designed to download and execute a second-stage payload from the reconstructed URL: http://nutrientals.org:80/webapp.php?oreill=4&grouspn=151&login=166&left=619. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, supporting the exploit and payload delivery intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off00001523.js
ce7b2cfce96e92426962766f01a184e513a093c87f827846d535201aa782b7e8
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1523 151903 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).