Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 275f6e4f2656c235…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.8 KB
MD5: 65e9de9f24c7d17c637a2c509cb9e970 SHA-1: a164886d835d448a40c6784a5855490584e160c7 SHA-256: 275f6e4f2656c23587f21008f34d26c6c5ad1468adaed99231a6d9192570044d
88 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains an embedded script payload, indicated by the PDF_EMBEDDED_SCRIPT_PAYLOAD heuristic. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0, suggesting it's a known exploit. The embedded script is likely responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, which is a common technique for initial infection. The XFA form detected by PDF_XFA is often used as a vector for embedding malicious content.

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-6136306-0
  • 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.
  • 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://www.xfa.org/schema/xfa-template/2.5/

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_pdf_script_00000359.bin
9abd4e76f2506c78b0b0134daa6dffac80af21e9fa9bad00c2b5d5a53bd1f2dd
pdf-embedded-script PDF raw stream script payload at offset 0x359 12352 bytes