MALICIOUS
114
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with the signature Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962, and a machine learning classifier also flagged it with high confidence. Heuristics indicate the presence of an embedded file and an AcroForm button with an action trigger, suggesting an exploit is leveraged. The embedded URL is likely part of the exploit chain.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996
Heuristics 5
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ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36962
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Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDEDPDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
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XFA form low PDF_XFAPDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
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AcroForm button with action trigger low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTONPDF 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
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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.binc06dcd026a7ea0536b63e07ce688691b585339a3ab7ff59065e546b56308c7bb |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 41 at offset 0x27A9 | 85 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0042.bindda0835df994b8be920f715db36452f6cee7bb42bbc9c897f878a7b298ba8e91 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 42 at offset 0x285B | 1029 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0043.bincc9bf9b4bff960fcc875cced8773f18df40c06e7a9fe9a44ed7dafd435f6cc72 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 43 at offset 0x2A74 | 1866 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0044.bin3dd68f00f4fcb366a2a3a17c65cb2626eeddf5ea5713302d374310561d810169 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 44 at offset 0x2ECC | 144 bytes |
embedded_file_obj0045.bin10c03f88a5f0a0833dc5b2c8ac295b3a3c6f65e23889eb8cc1dc6fe29bf7f275 |
pdf-embedded-file | PDF EmbeddedFile object 45 at offset 0x2F78 | 77 bytes |
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