Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df7d4d64c681fdcf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB Created: 2010-12-03 12:02:55 Authoring application: mum mig
MD5: 1856004dd93efd10493e516f3dd12601 SHA-1: 2e2aedbce097c694205279be44fafd7c6c2576b0 SHA-256: df7d4d64c681fdcfb0909ee9a371a22c38a0caf6a75816eb1b2e0a78e43c9f53
268 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The PDF sample contains critical XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code and an embedded script payload. ML classification and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack vector appears to be exploiting a vulnerability within the XFA form processing to execute arbitrary code, likely leading to the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9999

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314112-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7314112-0
  • 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_obj0011.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0xE7E 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0006.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 6 at offset 0xF2F 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x101F 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
bf86e5ccfa031f80b6ecdda6e88d8dd405ae0fb1222edd125a55b6993357b3a0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x1110 119 bytes
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x11C7 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0007.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 7 at offset 0x126D 56 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
b8476699e0f0102c3b6fb7511b68214e938d895b62bb897c0105e28a7e310ab9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x15A7 10986 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).