Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01551f9a85ea30bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

3.8 KB
MD5: 9bc2897db8cd73b1664560f35152135c SHA-1: f062a7cb2c91cd27dcb06d49bd04acced205aabd SHA-256: 01551f9a85ea30bf85d127385403515c1d3302cae680a76e4eb4a00c9a3ff5c6
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204 Malicious File T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious File

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple detection engines, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, which specifically flags it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0. The presence of embedded content and XFA forms are common characteristics of exploit-laden PDFs. While no specific exploit or payload is detailed, the heuristics strongly indicate an attempt to exploit a vulnerability within the PDF reader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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
  • 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/xfa-template/2.5/