Malicious PDF / .TMP — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6a36bb82db944c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TMP

1.95 MB Created: 2010-09-10 13:32:42 Authoring application: mus koa
MD5: 90bcb4e64814fd62fa5ff7c9fc844dbb SHA-1: 5e8ccb60c2978fe148bcf3b7a20968eba071d3c3 SHA-256: e6a36bb82db944c658201c381dc96041c346d2adae93c2c4b001bd812c01e265
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution T1059.007 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF sample contains critical XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code, indicated by the PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY heuristic. This exploit is designed to execute arbitrary code, likely to download and run a second-stage payload. The presence of an embedded file, specifically 'embedded_file_obj0011.bin', suggests it is the payload or a component thereof.

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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0004.bin
d81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 4 at offset 0xB29 84 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0xBDB 228 bytes
embedded_file_obj0002.bin
c97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 2 at offset 0xCCB 199 bytes
embedded_file_obj0013.bin
11bb27d0c263270ab2ee47c6a6d59919a5063a459ba4829a91a98de449fec561
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0xDBC 119 bytes
embedded_file_obj0019.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 19 at offset 0xE74 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0xF1A 56 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
747e5794fe338519e347fa313d4c366e74521936dd2be628fe09c242acbd7b4a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x1255 15959 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).