Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4d5ce1df42b01a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

29.1 KB Created: 2010-08-29 16:19:36 Authoring application: PidAf BakIfuh
MD5: d3c04ef922382d687ed717dc4448d874 SHA-1: 77dbd08816c6f0d0ded00a95bc8ff99d3b96e496 SHA-256: f4d5ce1df42b01a3be2e89c70ae10d3cfa6ed63b30fea3fb52077bfce2d2eead
208 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits multiple high-severity heuristic firings, including PDF_EVAL and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT, indicating the presence of executable script content within an XFA form. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded script payload is likely responsible for downloading and executing a secondary payload, as indicated by the 'Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81' ClamAV signature. The presence of multiple embedded files further supports this, suggesting a dropper or exploit kit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-81
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution
  • 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.
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xdp/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xci/1.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xtd/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xfdf/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-form/2.8/

Extracted artifacts 8

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
04462f810d6eacdacecc9d0a5f3f81bebc722af4415e04da19b520338f642b51
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x1AB 67 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
6b2260d3c78649345d3f0b850b831d545d33bb7017ccdf438cdfe1e9db7f2db2
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x238 294 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
7e5e9f007640e491468c15f2142339a963ae9939d37f201e74de9f2bb2f65bff
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x3A9 597 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
44a6b74044986d2fac1a80a8e464773e413da4a1cf982fa7f823148823d940d7
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x649 26339 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
103d1e7983cf88bfacedddb4af33ffb5317d9c2c8b3e1bfd987b2c5d712bc985
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x6D77 323 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
2a9ffc7c5ca8ea18d5a1a615a2618942ae29357ad8e58c7fccf31f4268f0e768
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x6F04 182 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
e6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0x7000 77 bytes
embedded_file_obj0016.bin
92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 16 at offset 0x7094 56 bytes