Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ef5d1da232000fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.7 KB
MD5: 197580c756b467cb03aaca7b7a779f0d SHA-1: 0094bca45b300791193ca8670d16b58c9c14f0d5 SHA-256: 0ef5d1da232000fe4215b7879235ae8e03568f41040d4991fdd04ea0baf85f43
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains XFA forms with embedded JavaScript, a known vector for exploiting vulnerabilities. Heuristics indicate the presence of a script payload and ClamAV detection confirms it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830. This suggests the file is designed to deliver and execute a malicious payload upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 7

  • 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.Agent-36830 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • 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/xci/1.0/
    • http://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/
    • 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 7

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
0a2224c4023b216235b61c3fc4dd17bbfac1ab23a545687f51b97604cf654712
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xD7 46 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
7a0b4d0bff34445fdc035b93a1bf55e9ed96284b9acf5be5146df50e0416fded
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x14D 689 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
65e0cd26724bbac83c6001dfbee5727d8d7dc958f364f02a819dd2cf25ba393a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x449 160 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
6c1923cb6d91f836154df9d7b5ff8dcc751066ee0c43c4b030c7a208a8358fdf
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x534 428 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d2f06f3fc6900856fe613a64a561919c8454dcbe0fdf238fb8b43e07016955ea
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x72B 190 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
32b703f679f520423941b3153292b4c8f6c6118e49234141d9037faa895dab0a
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x836 40844 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
03172373f36e220deaea3baf69186e2a8bef99633879227f39b2a0b4510201ee
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xA80C 138 bytes