MALICIOUS
272
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 Service Execution: JavaScript
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution: Malicious JavaScript
This PDF document contains multiple JavaScript streams and XFA form elements, indicating it is designed to execute malicious code. The critical PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT heuristics confirm the presence of exploit code and risky scripts within the XFA form. The embedded file and numerous streams suggest a complex, multi-stage attack. The ML classifier also strongly flags this PDF as malicious. The primary suspicious URL identified is http://localhost:7001/apply/ProcessForm, likely used to fetch the secondary payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9123
Heuristics 12
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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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Embedded PDF child has suspicious static findings critical PDF_EMBEDDED_CHILD_STATIC_TRIAGEPDF contains an embedded PDF stream whose extracted child matches suspicious or malicious PDF heuristics. Wrapper PDFs are commonly used to hide the actual exploit or lure payload from scanners that do not recursively inspect attachments.
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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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Unusually high stream count medium PDF_MANY_STREAMSPDF contains 501+ stream objects — may indicate heap spray or heavy obfuscation
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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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Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTALThe same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
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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://localhost:7001/apply/ProcessForm
- http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.htm
- http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
- http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/2.6/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.1/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.6/
- http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
- http://www.grants.gov/help/download_software.jsp#adobe811
- http://grants.gov/help/general_faqs.jsp#adobe
- http://stemcells.nih.gov/research/registry/
- http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-017.html
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/a021/a21_2004.html#exc
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.2/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-connection-set/2.4/
- http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-connection-set/2.1/
- http://ns.adobe.com/data-description/
- http://apply.grants.gov/system/MetaGrantApplicationWrapper
- http://apply.grants.gov/system/MetaGrantApplication
- http://apply.grants.gov/system/Header-V1.0
- http://apply.grants.gov/system/Global-V1.0
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RRSF424_SF424B-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/SF424C-V1.0
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_Budget-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/system/GlobalLibrary-V2.0
- http://apply.grants.gov/system/Attachments-V1.0
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_SubawardBudget-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_SubawardBudget30-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_FedNonFedBudget-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_FedNonFed_SubawardBudget-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_FedNonFed_SubawardBudget30-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_Budget10-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_SubawardBudget10_10-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_SubawardBudget10_30-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_FedNonFedBudget10-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_FedNonFed_SubawardBudget10_10-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_FedNonFed_SubawardBudget10_30-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_PerformanceSite-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/PerformanceSite_1_2-V1.2
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/PerformanceSite_1_3-V1.3
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/PerformanceSite_1_4-V1.4
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_KeyPerson-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_KeyPersonExpanded-V1.1
- http://apply.grants.gov/forms/RR_KeyPersonExpanded_1_2-V1.2
+62 more URL(s)
Extracted artifacts 8
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
javascript_obj1295_000.js4a1aca004cf20431c9a66dce85404a6411a54d881a6c257882260ffc972a13eb |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 1295 at offset 0x3EA0C | 870 bytes |
javascript_obj1297_001.js922f7942d25f53e6e6eedc1b3a95c47a757faab3be4838fa02db0dbea2c4dbcc |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 1297 at offset 0x3EB96 | 2798 bytes |
javascript_obj1299_002.js04ceb4c2218e7db19a6e007ca4ce846f92c17fff5eaf3a611e71bbd7a5726917 |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 1299 at offset 0x3EE8F | 1535 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0049.bin89809666d37e31c6b507bbc8fbf6a120ec1fce378c260d1266b3c31600ac5ee9 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 49 at offset 0x482451 | 401614 bytes |
javascript_obj0021_000.jsf94e41f586bf3f20bc1deeac4bfbda388a61db43f25fbd6304ba73f5653368cf |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 21 at offset 0x191D | 1313 bytes |
javascript_obj0022_001.js1b2ec98752b966f601d5223a750559cf13d562ac5e5c6d1fcc7217835b01f5fd |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 22 at offset 0x1AFA | 902 bytes |
javascript_obj0023_002.js826c5622c798d67e5281cca7e05933dddc90ccdcb0a6177c9f7d06f11bef8f7f |
pdf-javascript-stream | PDF /JS object 23 at offset 0x1C53 | 2795 bytes |
embedded_pdf_script_00003ab9.bin100feabaa79cba7cf3e856314f371ae53e1d7921b36bed211093f90e8b3460d4 |
pdf-embedded-script | PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x3AB9 | 7720 bytes |
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