Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 182cfc0881a97e7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.6 KB
MD5: 61ca970b9f98dbf01d2a404359ca3b9d SHA-1: 0760ae0e25da7f1abc3496ed7d1c65379a321d50 SHA-256: 182cfc0881a97e7f83dd5762ed016922d85243ad36eb0a73030ae3fb8f6a736d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains embedded scripts and is flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded files and XFA forms suggests an exploit targeting PDF rendering or scripting capabilities. The ClamAV detection name 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36836' strongly suggests exploitation for client execution, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36836 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36836
  • 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://ns.adobe.com/xtd/
    • 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
3ef764e91e6e3bb8f9f713cdb5a0412f3342c1ba070b8f778c213f5aff2b9877		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x162 689 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
e1ab66598406464785df1b7c3e4218452dce39c816aca3e1a181e312cbe8a05c		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x45E 93 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
c8e9317b8a9846a5fd9c9e1b813a9470d9b78007c4a1d1f28af7ae40b92a3429		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x506 521 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
6dfc2cfc739bf5cd5514e048143c782a1af7b4c86ed10bd88203471efa9b3fe7		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x75A 389 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
c2552eb9600879dbf18d1209dcedbe62a26f97b905d96c30d9385094c46db7e4		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x92C 40413 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36836
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
51d6d76eddb1746e412f89f4d1c1b0d620c60fb4a5641c018e93871be63968a9		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xA753 147 bytes

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