Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c410b2064cce3b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.4 KB
MD5: 94ad2593c282316a2de6e85c9a348346 SHA-1: 0af43131c4dcec930f0d00214db6d6a1de78b720 SHA-256: 1c410b2064cce3b876666adc8946a8a0aacfcd9fa1490ee6a33ac9b560b3dfeb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded XFA (XML Forms Architecture) forms, which are known to be susceptible to script-based exploits. The critical heuristic 'PDF_XFA_SCRIPT' indicates that these forms contain risky executable scripts. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830' further confirms its malicious nature. The embedded scripts are likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as suggested by the 'PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD' heuristic.

Heuristics 7

  • XFA form contains risky executable script high CVE related PDF_XFA_SCRIPT
    PDF embeds an XFA form whose script block contains exploit, submission/launch, or shell-execution primitives. Ordinary LiveCycle print/update scripts are left as generic XFA/JS signals unless stronger behavior is present.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
  • 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.
  • 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 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
0a2224c4023b216235b61c3fc4dd17bbfac1ab23a545687f51b97604cf654712
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xD7 46 bytes
embedded_file_obj0009.bin
6cb7ace05e3ea2d2228019387d1e8081e294d1d47d964164c188e4b47b61d2b1
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x14D 689 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
97314d9231379623057a8a77eeb79f9354bacffa50753a0f63b9e87e8d67dbf2
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x449 186 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
ed23e9a8b4c66660e53d02328b32fd975a3b52af5d6caddce82d2e0407c4841e
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x54E 377 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d2f06f3fc6900856fe613a64a561919c8454dcbe0fdf238fb8b43e07016955ea
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x712 190 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
3dabd7410452ed905a69767d1b94697a8913ed125ebf17acd2295d98eb7289eb
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x81D 40614 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830
Obfuscation or payload: unlikely
embedded_file_obj0015.bin
78b09463af5cd373870eae2e3e83de87b7f6b659e0d0117ab4c09d90ebb2ad95
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 15 at offset 0xA70D 68 bytes