PDF malware analysis — malicious · 239769b57a5c7888

MALICIOUS

PDF

9.1 KB

MD5: bfe45051a927687fd3f2d11f5998c6e0 SHA-1: 0047b2167d5d1196b10a1ac3e2c987428e0b6e96 SHA-256: 239769b57a5c7888d2e3d5ffd904f84a92bf68910d0badab937661ccf5654054

74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1204 Malicious Link T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF sample was flagged by an ML classifier as malicious and contained an embedded script payload. The presence of an embedded file and an AcroForm button with an action trigger further indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain, though its specific function is not detailed. The high ML score and embedded script payload strongly suggest this PDF is designed to download and execute a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

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
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.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`embedded_file_obj0041.bin` `c06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0xCF3	85 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0042.bin` `dda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0xDA5	1029 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0111.bin` `fd23e4e805aa4dc6ab776a140398d604dd0699ad661f816ba6d2835cdecb7990`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 111 at offset 0xFBF	57672 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0044.bin` `3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x1F1A	144 bytes
`embedded_file_obj0045.bin` `10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275`	pdf-embedded-file	PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x1FC7	77 bytes

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