Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c49742fc6dc238b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.9 KB
MD5: ccce6e1ee1e4fa5b3c2e262c14991bdc SHA-1: 9e5078d46d8d72b5fe35927324a491b4565be94d SHA-256: 1c49742fc6dc238b777ee6112ba1fe2078844c223dbcad62559997475e451305
226 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

This PDF file contains a high-severity XFA form with executable script content, flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious. ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36830' on both the main file and an extracted artifact strongly suggests it's a known exploit. The embedded script likely serves as a dropper for a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

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
b0733af8b6611b7d49cdbe316dd3368c3d9e4669dce9e4ced9d05b2890612a8a		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 9 at offset 0x14D 689 bytes
embedded_file_obj0010.bin
982e20dbb278e7bb9167a49d41bca4eba40d0f35d12088fdf01e6cb6fead89b4		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 10 at offset 0x449 165 bytes
embedded_file_obj0011.bin
df0aa72b9e6578286d492290a50b22331c811187d873f8925660e6ecd6ed80b0		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 11 at offset 0x539 426 bytes
embedded_file_obj0012.bin
d2f06f3fc6900856fe613a64a561919c8454dcbe0fdf238fb8b43e07016955ea		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 12 at offset 0x72E 190 bytes
embedded_file_obj0014.bin
fd336974189d8697dd841905a684367e0d61a8b3d711997961ff38aaf2762b65		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 14 at offset 0x839 41040 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 0xA8D3 68 bytes

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