Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17bcd85b15fa483e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.6 KB
MD5: d849cc8aa84f4edb969c17b9aad8d723 SHA-1: 6ca0ca15eeb3d0a45761304ca7e7b8e22a41f8d0 SHA-256: 17bcd85b15fa483e9443841e8120330be2114e24218e20070d422686a61c384c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36834. It contains embedded files and XFA form elements, which are common vectors for PDF exploits. The embedded script payload suggests an attempt to execute a secondary payload, likely exploiting a client vulnerability.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36834 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36834
  • 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
04462f810d6eacdacecc9d0a5f3f81bebc722af4415e04da19b520338f642b51		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xD7 67 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
06f1bc5dfcd2f793ce160b91aab5c4b5c96e17906a7c8d3d840196149fe37e41		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x162 688 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
1c5b7971dff586207e8235b49916e2677297f244f218ae7d19c6ac9623332af8		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x45D 100 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
f9c2cbe3cff3fba69460620a52ea51203647b04b77e38c80e7d7577909b97aac		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x50C 568 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d2f06f3fc6900856fe613a64a561919c8454dcbe0fdf238fb8b43e07016955ea		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x78F 190 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
f182ce622a9fcfa941c70aa89a8a219c646bf1c17736cbdb776cefd0776a50a0		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x89A 40566 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36834
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
03172373f36e220deaea3baf69186e2a8bef99633879227f39b2a0b4510201ee		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xA75A 138 bytes

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