Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ec75d82628b33f0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.1 KB
MD5: 6ff519f8ed24fd705456fe72c475d4c0 SHA-1: fb61955e0da32fa59791bb6b4161a8cc3e1b921c SHA-256: ec75d82628b33f0d94700fae07f151ee6df0b32e2502f02510e624d70a4a4d5f
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF document contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be a vector for exploits. Specifically, the 'PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY' and 'PDF_XFA_SCRIPT' heuristics indicate the presence of heap spray exploit code and risky executable script within the XFA form. The embedded JavaScript, 'stream_000_off0000186d.js', likely contains the malicious payload. The reconstructed URL from the document body, 'http://oz9n7q.ru:8585/icon_wink.php?promos=4&ratings=151&docs=765', is highly suspicious and is likely the destination for the downloaded payload.

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_000_off0000186d.js
26f8156313aae94a09ec84baf1196503142239943be75823c9a3d0c2c496caae
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x186D 169180 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).