Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b8cc06e99dab922…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.6 KB
MD5: e67d953ca8ecd6a224106ebced2d2b36 SHA-1: c08954ee336dea8a8a119771966359f72c0a805f SHA-256: 1b8cc06e99dab922b80ce426579108a3f9e0c8726aa4aa22db7e46b2c5ae77b8
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded script payload, suggesting it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities and download further malicious content. The presence of XFA form elements is also noted. The embedded artifact indicates a secondary stage of execution is likely intended.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-78
  • 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 script payload in PDF stream medium 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.
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • 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://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000329.bin
7a96aa5e21c730762be8de5434d7b1d3ef29b7a1cd1f3945f8288a2feb3b6fe2
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x329 14228 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36809
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely