Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22913ba2a563a85c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

4.1 KB
MD5: bbcdfffe4df34e22cdaf707943f21777 SHA-1: 0d60cdd367b84dbf42a72561d3c11e31e900f538 SHA-256: 22913ba2a563a85c004df285242511fccb106b4ce39bd5c2551938992fe06211
66 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier with high confidence (0.999972) and also triggered heuristics for embedded script payloads and embedded files. The presence of an embedded file object suggests it is likely a dropper or exploit delivery mechanism. The XFA form heuristic might indicate a method for obfuscating malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 3

  • 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

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0008.bin
d75d22687b1d1a8e6097f86eb1140f047ed7e3bb03fb9d973075ee18156809a9
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 8 at offset 0xEA 12850 bytes