Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8897075700d91f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

19.4 KB
MD5: c515fc4536403a6c4a6815f74bb626de SHA-1: 08becdcfd9067fd2f55f6dd474e31ad8236be632 SHA-256: d8897075700d91f8d7f2a6fbab2b35ec4018eb3c6a4e666481963332c4901424
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF sample contains an XFA form with risky executable script, a common technique for exploiting PDF viewers. The ML classifier strongly flagged this sample as malicious. The embedded script likely attempts to download and execute a second-stage payload, although its exact functionality is obscured by obfuscation. The presence of an embedded file further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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.
  • 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
  • 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)
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF 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
  • 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.
  • 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://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 6

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x3AAD 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x3B5F 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
1398c66c3ca1bf56ef9b2337f1d295022afef840659b8821c521c025c37b9ded
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x3D78 1598 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x4109 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x41B5 77 bytes
font_00_cff_off000042c9.bin
062eede2d0cc5d3972869dc7e2f2f9f01d1d1b3756b715c8252f06948ce99ae2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (cff) at offset 0x42C9 1192 bytes