Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ac615944afbe260…

MALICIOUS

PDF

10.4 KB
MD5: 780d9f84984f28bd52ec429cbbd7fc0e SHA-1: 84cd110edbbe3337fe95a04133f50f7d61d6ad67 SHA-256: 1ac615944afbe260dceb54b0ea6098a7d07f6be23858dfeb3f315e4b8c5a65dc
78 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-20291. Static analysis revealed an embedded file, which is a common technique for delivering secondary payloads. The PDF structure also indicates the presence of an XFA form, which can sometimes be leveraged for exploits. The embedded file itself is a strong indicator of malicious intent.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-20291 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-20291
  • 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
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
af72671971ec8745486fd977e989005379e62ef457af5ddc0e13d2aa833275bc
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x7E 13408 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).