Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04b05db05e7f1103…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.7 KB
MD5: 7516909ec5ed38a4d418e81ec943d803 SHA-1: 9ec8b48e76b899c6430dbdcdbc0491dce5ee67ed SHA-256: 04b05db05e7f1103da39e9a58d3f261f8e771e3b9cd6eb900a23cb6f2eeaf702
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD heuristic and the presence of an embedded file object. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the execution of a secondary payload. The embedded JavaScript is the primary mechanism for this execution, aligning with T1059.007.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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 script payload in PDF stream low 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 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/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-data/1.0/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
858e9ea631d6d8f8a773201a538318daeba66bef3ab1ef28381a6271a01ec4fc
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xC8 18437 bytes