MALICIOUS
270
Risk Score
Malware Insights
The PDF sample contains critical XFA heap spray exploit code and risky executable script within an XFA form. This indicates the document is designed to exploit a vulnerability in PDF readers that support XFA forms. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7308338-0' ClamAV detection.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999
Heuristics 8
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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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ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7308338-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7308338-0
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unescape() call high PDF_UNESCAPEunescape() found — often used to decode shellcode in PDF JS exploits (matched inside decoded stream)
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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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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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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.
Extracted artifacts 7
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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embedded_file_obj0015.bind81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xD82 | 84 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0007.bin24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 7 at offset 0xE33 | 228 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0003.binc97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 3 at offset 0xF23 | 199 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0009.bin673744e36e917a619e6339420f4fe3e9cbb53c9113c9b88001ca07ebe64c4500 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x1013 | 119 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0017.bine6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 17 at offset 0x10CB | 77 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0012.bin92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x1172 | 56 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0018.bin0f38a3e11655421baf67f71441dcf7557691ce16c882ec533e3b9121c94a0312 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 18 at offset 0x14AB | 11095 bytes |
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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).
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