PDF malware analysis — malicious · e3d9aef84d7b3430

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.3 KB Created: 2010-09-13 11:20:12 Authoring application: era tew

MD5: 00c67aba023427809718ce275ae085e6 SHA-1: cca40b07dd4892cad9e35a5e5b802d2e90bc3b2a SHA-256: e3d9aef84d7b3430f7c633e876dcd5a6ac044488d8f036c75fed8227b710f6ef

178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious PDF

The PDF sample contains critical XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code, indicating an attempt to execute arbitrary code. The presence of embedded files, including a large one named 'embedded_file_obj0013.bin', suggests this PDF is a dropper or exploit container. The unescape() call and XFA script firings further support the exploit vector. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging XFA vulnerabilities to deliver a malicious payload.

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.
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.
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0012.bin` `d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0xA28	84 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0008.bin` `24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xAD9	228 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0017.bin` `c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 17 at offset 0xBCA	199 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0003.bin` `24f8666a878f3d2932ce91707dc27b1db192fc40830cd13b64429bc1b05c5ccc`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 3 at offset 0xCBA	119 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0011.bin` `e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0xD72	77 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0010.bin` `92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0xE19	56 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0013.bin` `e94b08ad563229f8ff9f219a68c621746334276befb138d9a10798642398c6df`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x1152	16307 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).

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