Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 21dc89cb47de5a00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.3 KB
MD5: ae8f0fdbc8bed6d41a44053bc728496c SHA-1: 11544f1103ecd70bef4fcb8d02b593a8022cf9ee SHA-256: 21dc89cb47de5a002b8785bb51ef038027dde6343b6d4f9f52f954dae44e8489
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.002 Malicious File: User Execution: Malicious PDF

The critical ClamAV detection and high ML classifier score strongly indicate a malicious PDF exploiting a known vulnerability. The presence of embedded files further supports this, suggesting the PDF acts as a dropper for a secondary payload. The embedded URL, while benign in reputation, is associated with the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
  • 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
  • AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON
    PDF contains a /Btn form field together with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger — this is the building block of fake 'Download' or 'Open' button overlays used in PDF phishing lures
  • 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-locale-set/2.1/

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0041.bin
c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x2BAA 85 bytes
embedded_file_obj0042.bin
dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x2C5C 1029 bytes
embedded_file_obj0043.bin
faa63921e590ea6bc90ca48253be80b8e3600b93abfeb0f6b1a36c7ef4849973		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2E75 1796 bytes
embedded_file_obj0044.bin
3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x32C0 144 bytes
embedded_file_obj0045.bin
10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275		 pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x336C 77 bytes

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