Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 138145b362c1bb44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB
MD5: 98dfe3ea850ec2568ffd3483eca952f9 SHA-1: 40eb805a66055727721396fb0814a8cded06fa72 SHA-256: 138145b362c1bb44ffa1a6f4a7e59d83fb402bf873d5e74acc874fe3de65fb9b
108 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating an XFA form and an embedded script payload. The embedded JavaScript, though obfuscated, appears to be designed to execute code, likely for downloading additional malware. The benign URLs present do not detract from the malicious nature indicated by the other findings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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_pdf_script_0000023c.bin
0753cd3be89d2ff41f39a63fded91aab04a3b02ea86cc2a48d803a83f5dcca74
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x23C 80624 bytes