Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d140e377d983352c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.8 KB Created: 2010-09-06 11:42:29 Authoring application: sis daw
MD5: 4dbbf075822f8da5598749cd38ecb0b1 SHA-1: 043efaebf74287f9dde033c6f0d2d925f9d1f482 SHA-256: d140e377d983352c1c246b01eb14dadaf668e4ca032e3c30e3de8de0dc82c52e
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF sample contains critical XFA heap-spray exploit code and risky executable script, indicating it's designed to deliver a payload. The unescape() call and embedded file further support this. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a vulnerability within the XFA form processing to achieve code execution.

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPE
    unescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
  • 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
  • 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 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0018.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 18 at offset 0xC6D 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0019.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 19 at offset 0xD1F 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0xE10 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
7d83778f13febd694dc45e05aec0a739a0ae01c3de995eed49cf6a685d968065
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0xF01 119 bytes
embedded_file_obj0017.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 17 at offset 0xFB9 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x1060 56 bytes
embedded_file_obj0003.bin
9a04b16fdcb0e5330baaf39e41fc6002734e397c63dd3b92ae1c5fbfba32836f
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 3 at offset 0x1399 16219 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 5 long base64-like blob(s).