Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe60e138efa26078…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.4 KB Created: 2011-04-05 23:46:28 Authoring application: bub lob
MD5: 73db2bc80ff1226770abd8630d4a1b6f SHA-1: be1da0e57ef71aa004e818458c4a9b0840aa0fec SHA-256: fe60e138efa260789cde953eed3a9e80bd9b88ea309d78dd83c85afe69d79bf6
118 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD and PDF_XFA_SCRIPT heuristics. The unescape() call suggests obfuscation of the script content. The primary function of the embedded script appears to be downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the extracted JavaScript file. The PDF_UNESCAPE heuristic further supports the presence of obfuscated code within the document.

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.
  • 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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_001_off0000032a.js
80d4b0f97e79e01756414b87b7f451d7e878e46dd6b42c45a1a07213f013492e
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x32A 56092 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 2 long base64-like blob(s).