MALICIOUS
138
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution
The PDF file contains XFA (XML Forms Architecture) which is known to be vulnerable to heap spray attacks. The heuristic 'PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAY' indicates the presence of exploit code designed to leverage this vulnerability. Additionally, 'PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD' and 'PDF_XFA_SCRIPT' confirm that executable script content is present within the XFA form, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0010.bin' is a strong indicator of a dropped payload.
Heuristics 6
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XFA form contains risky executable script high PDF_XFA_SCRIPTPDF 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.
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XFA JavaScript heap-spray exploit code critical PDF_XFA_HEAP_SPRAYPDF 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.
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Embedded script payload in PDF stream medium PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOADPDF 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.
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGEOne 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 |
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embedded_file_obj0008.bind81baa73e490e4cb879e13927cacd1dd1be37524a37eac51603e15117c578777 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0x1493 | 84 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0009.bin24c130f03a4cf51d470b536e94c1e58af67665739e200e0ce198ad41086243c0 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x1544 | 228 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0010.bin64d7902db13bfec78ab47c433e8747610a8027066475bfa7919b7032478646d1 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x1637 | 30756 bytes |
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Detection
ClamAV:
No threats found
Obfuscation or payload:
likely
Carved artifact contains 3 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
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embedded_file_obj0011.binc97e0522381d6196cc0695f35f4d065f15c9c86a9601a7f776c6afd3f4c6b460 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x4BFF | 199 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0012.bin69c6fd8ca28807b47f9c487091f37984e420e6aca0b3e311ff732c87405b3666 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x4CF1 | 131 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0013.bine6c26a3478346d27e841ad49868ebf68bf4c6863b6750e8d60bda3c4c6f79876 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 13 at offset 0x4DB2 | 77 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0014.bin92a3ce61d783e15932b5de127ce45a9b4c2f98f4da2453f65241573c1dda808a |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x4E59 | 56 bytes |
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