Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d90191a92d66e3f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.8 KB Created: 2026-04-26 03:41:57 +00:00 Authoring application: (unspecified) (via ReportLab PDF Library - www.reportlab.com) First seen: 2026-06-23
MD5: cf83834d39e23abaa1e17099fc1e1385 SHA-1: 64babe4e17120c6065789c055158829bb8cf6d43 SHA-256: d90191a92d66e3f4f9aa334050da88e4777ada282545d16cad51e02e3aca7d35
484 Risk Score

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 12

  • Adobe Reader Launch action command execution critical CVE exact CVE_2010_1240
    PDF uses the Adobe Reader/Acrobat Launch action pattern associated with CVE-2010-1240: cmd.exe is invoked with attacker-controlled parameters, paired with an embedded/exported payload.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Tool.Agent-1388586
  • Launch action critical PDF_LAUNCH
    PDF contains a /Launch action whose target is an executable, URL, or UNC path — can start an external application
  • /Launch action target: cmd.exe critical PDF_LAUNCH_COMMAND
    PDF /Launch action specifies an executable target with parameters '/Q /C %HOMEDRIVE%&cd %HOMEPATH%&(if exist "Desktop\\exloom.pdf" (cd "Desktop"' — references a known-dangerous executable (cmd, PowerShell, etc.).
  • Embedded attachment masquerades: declared document, content is windows-executable critical PDF_EMBEDDED_FILESPEC_CONTENT_MISMATCH
    An /EmbeddedFile attachment's declared filename extension or /Subtype MIME type contradicts the magic bytes of its decompressed content. The attachment is declared as a benign document or image but the bytes are an executable or executable-bearing archive. This is a deliberate deception used to hide droppers in PDF attachments and is a generic indicator of embed-and-drop weaponisation, independent of any specific CVE.
  • /Launch action paired with attachment-dropping JS API high PDF_LAUNCH_PLUS_DROPPER_JS
    PDF combines a /Launch action with a JavaScript API call that writes or opens an attached/external resource — the canonical shape of the CVE-2010-1240 /Launch + exportDataObject family. Benign PDFs do not pair these surfaces; the combination indicates a drop-and-execute chain regardless of the specific JS API knobs or /Launch target.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact medium 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.
  • JavaScript action low 1 related finding PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • ASCII85Decode filter (with exploit indicators) low PDF_FILTER_85
    ASCII85 encoding filter present alongside exploit delivery indicators — uncommon outside of obfuscation
  • 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.reportlab.com1 In PDF document text
    • http://www.reportlab.comIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
exloom.pdf pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0xA76 7680 bytes
SHA-256: 05c4cf98c507659e1515caa78e4726815df7ae739a6d38ae7a4b0241ba3253e1
Detection
ClamAV: Win.Malware.Metasploit-10022275-0
Obfuscation or payload: likely
actual_type=PE; declared_or_context_type=PDF; filename=exloom.pdf; kind=pdf-embedded-file Static shellcode analysis found candidate code region(s). Indicators: SC_STR_VIRTUALPROTECT, SC_PEB_ACCESS_X64 Static shellcode analysis recovered API/import strings: kernel32.dll, KERNEL32.DLL, VirtualProtect
javascript_obj0012_000.js pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 12 at offset 0xEA5 55 bytes
SHA-256: adf64d99847c1b31fa5d4ffdd4de54779e74a873d33432085d0e7276cb2bcd29
Preview script
First 1,000 lines of the extracted script
this.exportDataObject({ cName: "exloom", nLaunch: 0 });

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